How to Use aftereffect in a Sentence

aftereffect

noun
  • Chief among its aftereffects is a boost to Trump’s victimhood persona.
    Ruth Ben-Ghiat, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
  • Equifax is still dealing with the aftereffects of the breach.
    Ken Sweet, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Then there’s the aftereffects: Running a marathon can hurt in the days that follow.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 July 2023
  • And that was when the aftereffects of the 2008 crash and the recession were still very much in evidence.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • Nepal is still dealing with the aftereffects of the earthquake last year.
    National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2016
  • Although the aftereffects of the heavy time spent on the road are seen in a road record of 7-20-7, the remaining schedule is the payoff.
    Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Decades later, even with much of the cleanup complete, the aftereffects haunt the region.
    Michael Phillis and Jim Salter, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • Some New Yorkers reveled in the aftereffect of the nor’easter.
    Winnie Hu and Nate Schweber, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
  • People spoke of the wonder of the medium spicy version, though I was warned about the... aftereffects.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The storms and their aftereffects already have forced cruise lines to cancel or adjust dozens of sailings, and more changes are in the works.
    Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Those brown needles could be an aftereffect of drought as trees are still trying to cope.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The book is, in part, a strict recreation of both her sister Liliana and the aftereffects of Liliana's murder in 1990.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 22 May 2024
  • The aftereffects of Hoover’s death dragged the team to a slow start last season, leading to the end of Shane’s six-year run as the series driver champion.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Last year’s supply was dinged by the aftereffects of red tide and Hurricane Michael.
    Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • All of them continue to feel the aftereffects of missing wages stemming from Covid-19 job loss or pay cuts.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • According to Hinch, Bregman still felt the aftereffects of being hit by a pitch in Sunday's 8-7 loss to the Orioles.
    Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Most of the creatures aren't killed from the direct impact, but from the aftereffects, which include heat, radiation, and dust that clouds out the sun.
    National Geographic, 9 Feb. 2016
  • Injuries were a major theme in 2019, and their aftereffect will be felt next season.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Some of the most haunting passages in Underland invoke the history of Paris and the aftereffects of the White War in the early part of the 20th century.
    Tobias Carroll, Longreads, 20 June 2019
  • But the aftereffects of that decade of pain were considerable.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Far worse than the physical aftereffects are the mental ones.
    Rachel Stuhler, Cosmopolitan, 21 Aug. 2017
  • For a decade of rape and the lifelong aftereffects, Miller is asking for $25 million, the impact of which could be both practical and profound.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
  • As the world shakes off the aftereffects of a global pandemic, some of the biggest artists on earth have undertaken tours.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • However, the aftereffects and the remnant can persist for much longer.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Like the older movements, the current one is likely to be the subject of decades of research into its origins, its aims and its aftereffects.
    Richard Fausset, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • These aftereffects of trauma go a long way toward explaining why women are not able to get ahead in the workplace.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2017
  • But the aftereffects of surgery and radiation plagued her.
    Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Zorn said last summer that the grocery store had been feeling the aftereffects of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the pressures of rising food costs, staffing and theft.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Decades of bloody aftereffects followed in all three countries.
    Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 18 May 2017
  • Eleven years removed from the strokes, Corporal continues to deal with the aftereffects.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2024

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