aftertaste

Example Sentences

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The sandwiches were great fun to eat, but left a strange mental aftertaste.

From Seattle Times

But the pleasures of such privilege — the companionship of friends, the expression of long-forbidden desires — also come with a corrosive aftertaste of confusion, betrayal and heartache.

From Los Angeles Times

“He would have been … fondly remembered, but unfortunately his behavior in recent weeks has left a very stale aftertaste,” sporting director Zoran Barisic said in the release.

From Washington Post

The music is exhilarating; the aftertaste is bleak.

From New York Times

But there’s something here that lends the familiar proceedings a bittersweet aftertaste that lingers in the mind.

From Washington Post