afterglow
Example Sentences
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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 afterglow of the unprecedented second state visit can hardly do harm.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
Indeed, in the afterglow of the franchise’s first full-season title in more than three decades, the turbulent path getting there became easy to forget.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
But in the immediate afterglow of leading Team USA to Olympic glory, Kerr appeals to fun notions of patriotism.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024
Our eyes begin to adjust to the dim afterglow of twilight lingering in the western windows.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
