How to Use afterthought in a Sentence

afterthought

noun

• The lounge was added to the office as an afterthought.
• The fact was hidden deep in the report, almost as an afterthought.
• Then I remembered, almost as an afterthought, to feed the cat.
• In the midst of all that chaos, the money was an afterthought.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Does the rest of the image appear to be an afterthought?
  — WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• But that’s not to say that hot dogs are an afterthought.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 5 July 2023
• Ken was an afterthought, a joke (a fact the film seems eager to play with).
  — Sarah Seltzer, Time, 19 July 2023
• The fact that the winner earned a spot in the Final Four was almost an afterthought.
  — C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2023
• And then there’s the item most guys leave as an afterthought: Tuxedo shoes.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 1 Dec. 2022
• Sometimes, a pair of socks as a gift seems like an afterthought.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 10 Dec. 2022
• To march around in a pair of boots is a choice, certainly not an afterthought.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2023
• These shows often felt like an afterthought in the past.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
• The finalists seem like an afterthought, though each does get to take the stage once for a duet with his or her coach.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• But the days of Microsoft being an afterthought in the tech world are over.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• To those in the West, the Battle of Berlin may seem like an afterthought, the death throes of a war already decided.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2022
• The cameras seem like an afterthought, with only an 8 MP sensor on the front and back.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
• The fact that this character feels like an afterthought isn’t the actor’s fault.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2023
• Jerash was more of an afterthought, a site to fill an itinerary gap.
  — Jess McHugh, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• Ten months later, the New York case has become less of an afterthought.
  — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
• However, that was an afterthought as the team took the practice field.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
• But back then, music was something of an afterthought for the rapper when asked to look ahead to the future.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
• Once an afterthought in the Pac-12, Utah is now the conference’s winningest program over the last half decade.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
• But for years, the lake was an afterthought in the state’s unslakable thirst for economic growth.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2022
• During the rut, grabbing a bite to eat was an afterthought for bucks, but right now and in the weeks to come, choosing a prime food source is key to their survival.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The franchise turmoil has turned the Sparks into an afterthought for most top free agents in recent years.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• No room was an afterthought— even the mudroom off the kitchen features custom Spanish tile.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2024
• Streaming for Awards When the Golden Globes last aired, streaming was an afterthought.
  — Falon Fatemi, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• The 6-foot-3 freshman guard went scoreless in 19 minutes of run, but what happed on the court quickly became an afterthought.
  — The Courier-Journal, 18 Apr. 2023
• But this bland, beautiful duo might as well be an afterthought.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
• Cleaning your car windows might seem like an afterthought—after all, that's what wiper blades are for, right?
  — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 27 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024