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Example Sentences

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Once, when I was a teenager, I saw a fireball that was so bright that it left an afterimage on my eye.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

Her scores can evoke the glint and glare of staring at the sun — its beauty, its harshness, its burning afterimage — but also the slowly dizzying churn of the depths of the sea.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

At this point, close your eyes for a moment, then reopen them, looking again at the white paper or wall; the afterimage of the flag should continue to appear as red, white, and blue.

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

I looked up in time to see her disappear around the landing above us, that endless mane of hair trailing behind her like a blurred afterimage.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs