afterglow

Example Sentences

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The cosmic microwave background — the afterglow of the Big Bang — shows a small but persistent asymmetry: a preference for one spatial orientation over its mirror image.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

The couple will still be on a high after all the festivities and luxuriating in the afterglow of the love — and cash — bestowed upon them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The dazzle of their outfits eclipsed the afterglow of the light.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

At first she doesn’t see it—the only light is coming from the kitchen, drifting out to us like the afterglow from another world.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan