afterlight

Example Sentences

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Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David

There followed the wonderful afterlight that a short, drenching rain leaves behind it—a hush of light, deeply pervasive and friendly.

From More Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

The deodars sank waist deep into filmy shadow, and the yellow afterlight lay silently among the branches.

From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

Through an open corner on the western side I saw the sky all silvery blue in the afterlight.

From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

From The Golden Road by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)