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

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)

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

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

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

My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.

From Castle Craneycrow by McCutcheon, George Barr