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Example Sentences

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You should see an afterimage of the Norwegian flag in its correct colors.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Through photography and sleuthy archival projects she maps a certain afterimage of Los Angeles like a noir conceptualist.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Where there had once been toothless rebellion, now there was eager compliance—even if the show had trained me to see insincerity floating in the air, like the afterimage from decade-old flash.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020

The audience will continue to see a red afterimage in the shape of the woman.

From Scientific American • Apr. 7, 2019

Tally blinked away the afterimage of the flash, trying to force her exhausted brain to think.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld