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

Beyond the bar the sea, calm and austere, dreamed in the afterlight.

From Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

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 gulf beyond was still silvery blue in the afterlight.

From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)