flashback

Example Sentences

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It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Pollock, who has spent hundreds of hours diving in submersibles, counts some of the more spectacular "flashback bioluminescence" events as among the most memorable moments in his career.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

In a flashback, Martini is seen leaving his shabby Potter-owned apartment with a goat and a troop of kids for a suburban tract home that Bailey developed and sold to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Users on Reddit said a clip showing The Ghoul - one of the show's central characters, played by actor Walton Goggins - was wrongly described in the AI narration as a "1950s flashback".

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

She’s distraught already, it's clear, over the canker-sore commercial flashback.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle