flashback

Example Sentences

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This sets up a long flashback in which we learn that Marian and Edison knew each other in college, and that he betrayed her.

From Los Angeles Times

The victim, who continues to have flashbacks to that night, has now been able to provide a further description of the man, enabling officers to produce the image, the force said.

From BBC

They go into decline, have occasional flashbacks to what they used to do and stick seven past Manchester United, then go back to being in decline again.

From BBC

He found himself unable to relax, clenching his hands and having flashbacks.

From New York Times

As they roam through South London, he tells his story, which Allen-Miller illustrates imaginatively, via flashbacks that look more like little stage plays.

From Los Angeles Times