afterthought

Example Sentences

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They are not an afterthought starch; they are structural.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

To Paul Ehrlich, and the radical environmentalists who revered him, they were at best an afterthought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Mental health cannot be an afterthought in a humanitarian response but must be central from the beginning.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

I asked, then adding as an afterthought, as if to ease what I knew her answer would have to be, “You know, I’m Japanese.”

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston