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
• Last year, with Williams back, the Trojans were an afterthought in the Pac-12 race.
  — Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
• 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
• And for a lot of these players in the market, that's an afterthought.
  — Bruce Rogers, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• This side plot seems rather rushed, and a street protest scene seems an afterthought.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2021
• As a result, the ground game in Ohio can seem like an afterthought.
  — The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2022
• The greens themselves were overcooked and mushy, and the pile of kasha was so small as to seem like an afterthought.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022
• Please keep this in mind: The rice and beans are no afterthought at Crown Cantina.
  — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 25 June 2024
• So many brands do it as an afterthought or dip their toe in.
  — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• 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
• No room was an afterthought, and even the kitchen is pristine.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 3 July 2024
• 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
• No longer an afterthought, the lounge is a clubby spot.
  — Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 29 Oct. 2021
• For years, the Orioles were an afterthought on stages like these.
  — Chelsea Janes, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
• 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, more than an afterthought, the best white wines warrant a place of pride in your cellar.
  — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 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
• Food and dessert aren't an afterthought, so why not give wine the same love and attention?
  — Amelia Goe, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2021
• Running the country was an afterthought, and the results are in.
  — WSJ, 18 July 2022
• Molasses can be an afterthought at the sugar mills that produce it, and that can affect the quality of the rum from which it’s made.
  — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
• What used to be an afterthought for many homeowners is increasingly a bigger portion of the cost of homeownership.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025