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Example Sentences

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You’ll feel loss, but the afterimage of this singular woman’s belief in finding light is what will burn.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

NO: an afterimage burned on their retinas, the glow seared forever in their memory.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely