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afterglow

(ɑːftəʳgloʊ, æf-)
1. uncountable noun [oft with poss]
The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down.
[literary]
...the light of the sunset's afterglow.
2. uncountable noun
You can refer to the good feeling or effects that remain after an event as the afterglow.
...basking in the afterglow of their Champions League victory. [+ of]

afterglow in British English

(ˈɑːftəˌɡləʊ)
noun
1. 
the glow left after a light has disappeared, such as that sometimes seen after sunset
2. 
the glow of an incandescent metal after the source of heat has been removed
3.  physics
luminescence persisting on the screen of a cathode-ray tube or in a gas-discharge tube after the power supply has been disconnected
4. 
a trace, impression, etc, of past emotion, brilliance, etc

afterglow in American English

(ˈæftərˌgloʊ; ˈɑftərˌgloʊ)
noun
1. 
the glow remaining after a light has gone, as after sunset
2. 
the pleasant feeling one has after an enjoyable experience

Examples of 'afterglow' in a sentence
afterglow

Behind them an old apple tree was silhouetted against the green afterglow of the sky.
Barbara Erskine SANDS OF TIME (2003)
They had paused by a gap in the hedge, and were looking out towards the hazy afterglow of sunset.
Meek, M R D A WORM OF DOUBT (2003)
When the afterglow of the flash bulbs had gone, they had found little else.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2003)
Leaving them to their prayers I made my way down toward La Goulue, spread out wide and red in the sun's afterglow.
Joanne Harris COASTLINERS (2003)
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