How To Use Afterthought In A Sentence

While a video screen adds a few visual puns, it seems almost an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
It seemed to have been shoehorned into the schedules as an afterthought.
The basic, elegant design is already complete; modifying it to improve service will be an afterthought. Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon)
•If you've been following the fate of Men in Trees (ABC, 10 ET/PT), it won't surprise you to learn this now-canceled series — always an ABC afterthought — is being dropped into the network's summer schedule to complete its run. Critic's Corner Wednesday
As an afterthought, the red-headed girl suddenly added, ‘Good gracious, that Adam Weatherly is such a coxcomb.’

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Summon one of the swiftest of the coria and have it wait in readiness," he added, as though by afterthought. The Moon Pool
On National Public Radio a newscaster reads a report on the latest Palestinian-Israeli spat then hesitates - and almost as an afterthought attributes the information to the Israeli government.
And her acting was so bland that it seemed like an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
That, plus the fact that the dining area is furnished with cast-off tables and chairs and mismatched china and cutlery, might make food seem like an afterthought.
Even the magic word processor can not solve the problem of afterthoughts, which are likely to alter a complete structure.
The pillars seem to have been added to the entrance as an afterthought.
The technology was designed almost as an afterthought, and it was initially targeted at the corporate market.
Yet the design, the nature and the location of the centre has been an afterthought.
CONS: The action sometimes occurs at the expense of believability; main characterizations seem thrown in as an afterthought. November 2007
Sustainability, protection of wildlife, controlling agribusiness and pollution are first principles, not afterthoughts.
Team specific marketing was an afterthought at best and almost non-existent.
In their headlong dash for cash, UEFA have reduced what was once a fine competition to an afterthought in the footballing calendar.
A gnarled and taliped and snaggy landscape where man might be seen as an afterthought. Cold Mountain
Throughout the set ska and reggae accessories were very much bolted on as a feelgood afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
The extra point in football has become an afterthought, a rarely exciting element to the game. Christianity Today
Throughout the set ska and reggae accessories were very much bolted on as a feelgood afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
In her reticule was the paper on which he had written the address of the Art Students 'League, and, as an afterthought, his own address. The Dark Star
December 4th, 2005 at 8: 47 pm wwallace says: afterthought is corrupt and incompetent. Think Progress » McCain: Murtha â€œHas Become Too Emotionalâ€
There has been growing recognition that security must be embedded into the fabric of applications during development, rather than as an afterthought left to security bolt-on features or third-party tools.
It seems to have been an afterthought, probably added to pep up interest in an obscure composer. Times, Sunday Times
The impression is, though, that the content of this museum was an afterthought.
The chores collectively equal defense, something Stanford clearly does not treat as an afterthought.
As an afterthought, Taen recalled that the King of Pirates revered books; on Cliffhaven, his archivist was the only hale man not required to bear arms. Shadowfane
Principles are not an afterthought to be considered only so long as they do not affect profits.
But in the preceding century, England was frequently an afterthought on the world stage, an island kingdom tinkering on the brink of inconsequence.
Facilities such as ramps and wheelchair lifts are often added as an afterthought and seats fixed to floors in cafes are often the norm.
Each dumpling melted in my mouth, the creamy tomato hitting my taste buds almost as an afterthought.
Long working days and hours on the road mean a healthy lifestyle can sometimes become an afterthought. The Sun
Blind citizens will not allow themselves to be thought of as a squeezed-in afterthought. Archive 2009-07-01
It may have something to do with animacy whereby an inanimate noun (which hil is proven to be in Etruscan due to plural hilχva attested in the Liber Linteus) probably cannot be treated as the subject of a transitive verb and therefore is dethroned to a position after the verb to specify mere agent of the action instead (like a kind of 'afterthought', let's say) while still treated as an unmarked nominative noun. Archive 2008-04-01
Although they often deal with the same subject, the clearest message here is that the prints are neither preliminary workings for his paintings nor mere afterthoughts.
One of the last great red-hot liberals addressed the Democratic convention Tuesday, but he was something of an afterthought.
He added: ‘The sign looks a discordant and random afterthought which is entirely unsympathetic to the architectural integrity of this attractive building.’
I was frisked, my belt and Seiko taken from me, and, as an afterthought(Sentencedict), kicked in the ribs.
It is that afterthought - a sort of half-dotty intentness on completion such that an alternative river has to be provided to receive the delinquent bullocky - that imbues this observation with its ironic momentum.
It seems to have been an afterthought, probably added to pep up interest in an obscure composer. Times, Sunday Times
That said, about the live stuff, a lot of people think that the albums were kind of afterthoughts or throwaway affairs. Be specific: Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer on getting the band back together
But that kind of deduction is almost purely an afterthought. Overlooked Movie Monday: Detroit Rock City » Scene-Stealers
The fact it happens to be a diesel will quickly become an afterthought, apart from when you realise how little fuel you are putting in. The Sun
Even the magic word processor can not solve the problem of afterthoughts, which are likely to alter a complete structure.
While the body of the poem often stands in for the body of the poet, acting as a surrogate for the experience of such a biography, the body of the text in this case has gone missing, leaving behind only the exuviae of the work itself — the set of afterthoughts found in annotations and digressions, allegedly presented after the fact by experts, who have prepared this text for scholastic discussion. Quick Review 05 : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
Improving the genetic potential of broilers was essential in transforming chicken farming from basically a subsistence-farming afterthought to a $28 billion-a-year industry.
The basic, elegant design is already complete; modifying it to improve service will be an afterthought. Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon)
The liquid in the bottle can feel like an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
Prefaces are almost always, paradoxically, afterthoughts, and as such they both enact ambivalence and orient the reader ambivalently. The Times Literary Supplement
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Needing an unlikely finish to make the playoffs, the postseason is an afterthought to Danny Granger and the Indiana Pacers now. USATODAY.com
Because bacteriology is the primary emphasis in virtually all microbiology laboratories, mycology is frequently covered as a ‘required afterthought’, by someone with minimal interest or background.
By virty, December 2, 2009 @ 11: 11 pm afterthought, um & ah ING, reminds me of that gutteral diaphram destroying taj mahal track of which the name totally escapes me and i’m too stuffed to rifle thru the vinyl. early 70’s? real animal and monosyllable like an elephant seal in bushido mode. Cheeseburger Gothic » Here’s what I did at six o’clock this morning.
Production seems something of an afterthought. The Sun
They used to be seen as the second-class citizens of the motoring world and an afterthought when you went to a car show. The Sun
In Britain, where polls are issued by the major papers every day the bookies are something of an afterthought.
The music was a mere afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
When you are putting a decorating scheme together always think of the bedding - sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers and bedcovers - as an integral part of the scheme and not as an accessory or afterthought.
Signs of sexual consciousness hidden in them might induce some clues to 'hormonal movement' so as to enrich more their humoristic morals and make the process be led up to meaningful afterthoughts.
A female chauvinist approach might be to describe men as a kind of afterthought in the scheme of existence.
It's like a big show, and the game is an afterthought, which is totally ESPN. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
Even the magic word processor can not solve the problem of afterthoughts, which are likely to alter a complete structure.
April 6th, 2009 5: 31pm stanley just an afterthought, wouldnt it be fun to put carl in a jar with onion skins until he got a tan and cover the laird in shmaltz so that he could grease up and down the walls of Glasgow university like a lump of lard, but tasting so much better. stanley Jerusalem On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
But the outcome was almost an afterthought for the Sabres, intent on getting back at the Senators after Ottawa's Chris Neil blindsided Chris Drury, knocking Buffalo's co-captain woozy and causing a deep gash across his head five minutes into the second period. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Ottawa vs. Buffalo
Or maybe, she added as an afterthought, it was a boy.sentence dictionary
Roads should be improved and vacant spaces deweeded, he adds as an afterthought.
As an afterthought we tipped in a splash of elderflower cordial, because the bottle was almost empty and we needed the fridge space… Yum!
What you find is a poky little afterthought crammed into a corner of the top floor. Times, Sunday Times
Even for those who work under the rubric of ‘political economy,’ the political has remained something of an afterthought except, perhaps, as a statement of personal distaste with current economic trends.
Prices, where stated at all, were scribbled in decorative script upon tiny cards, an afterthought.
The liquid in the bottle can feel like an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, it appears there are several easy ways to secure the brake without using the afterthought clip, perhaps by drilling a small hole and inserting a clevis pin or something of that nature.
The quality of the food had become an afterthought, and that needed to change. Times, Sunday Times
And we are gradually moving to the stage where it is an integral requirement of any proJect rather than an inconvenient afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
For most entrepreneurs, "taxes are more of a nasty afterthought, a kind of omnipresent hassle rather than a way to get away with something," says Daniel Pink, author of "Free Agent Nation," a new book about rising self-employment. Trying To Outfox Uncle Sam
The liquid in the bottle can feel like an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
We might suppose that since the current minister now namechecks sport first with culture as the afterthought in his portfolio, that the new billing reflects his own priorities.
As an afterthought she picked up the pile of typescript that sat on her desk, and with it the diskette from her computer. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
The human population seemed an afterthought. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
Unfortunately, the story and the performances seem like an afterthought to this stunt.
It seems to have been an afterthought, probably added to pep up interest in an obscure composer. Times, Sunday Times
All too often, lighting is an afterthought superimposed on the final decoration instead of being planned from the start.
Where this is lacking, the result can be characterization that seems like an afterthought. The Times Literary Supplement
“Summon one of the swiftest of the coria and have it wait in readiness,” he added, as though by afterthought. The Moon Pool
She only asked me to her party as an afterthought.
Football is something of an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
As an afterthought, I plugged the stick into my dataport and ran a full-level format. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Food becomes an afterthought, while productivity improves. The Sun
A little manic-depressive, maybe," he admitted in afterthought. Oldcharliebrown's Journal
Dr. Irving added as an afterthought, I mean dihydrogen monoxide. Portobello
With some caramel apples, it seems like the apple is an afterthought. Best apples for caramel apples | Baking Bites
And her acting was so bland that it seemed like an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
Any more critical observations appear as afterthoughts or nagging doubts.
The bit about help for poorer countries had obviously just been tacked on as an afterthought.
The pillars seem to have been added to the entrance as an afterthought.
He sighed gently, cradling his bruised hand as an afterthought.
As I herded the youngest through, the customs man called out, almost as an afterthought, ‘E brava la signora!’
Defending had become almost an afterthought and these two sides chased up and down the pitch in search of a telling blow. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes, still I feel like the Guard and reserves, even after all we've gone through, the last 3.5 years, are kind of afterthoughts when it comes to planning what kind of forces we'll need and what strategies we should be employing. "Transforming the Reserve Component for the 21st Century"
Food becomes an afterthought, while productivity improves. The Sun
But what Fowler wants to do is to see what the gar clauses - Mark's narrative "afterthoughts" many times to his stories - "do to the reader in the reading experience. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
In a tiny apse in one corner, like an afterthought to the chamber's spacious design, the eunuch turned a key and opened a door.
The first-aid kit in the picture does not feature in the play but was thrown in as an additional prize as a humorous afterthought.
They seem to be thrown in as an afterthought, rather than as an integral portion of the story.
The extra point in football has become an afterthought, a rarely exciting element to the game. Christianity Today
Where this is lacking, the result can be characterization that seems like an afterthought. The Times Literary Supplement
In Mission Valley, housing was an afterthought.
This is immorality in provoking a war. (the takedown of the brutal dictator was an afterthought only dragged up reluctantly to a primary purpose up after the first two reasons were convincingly shown to be false after the invasion). Balkinization
I do this not because I am covetous of fine things (although I am that), but because a depressing number of cutlers turn out a fine knife and the sheath is an afterthought. Why Good Knives Need Good Sheaths
Many also admitted that their parents or grandparents were 'an afterthought' and they often cancelled visits if something more exciting came up. Times, Sunday Times
He ruffled her hair affectionately, and then, as if at an afterthought, pulled her close into a hug.
The conception of the "drives," which ultimately brought the peace movement to a head, was an afterthought, which is commonly attributed in South Africa to the sagacity of that intrepid and versatile young cavalry leader, Colonel On the Heels of De Wet
Like an afterthought, he added, ‘Even if you are a scatterbrain most of the time.’
My separately wrapped bicycle, tucked in at the side of the load as an afterthought, also seems to be okay.
The music was a mere afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
The human population seemed an afterthought. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
Long working days and hours on the road mean a healthy lifestyle can sometimes become an afterthought. The Sun
It seems to have been an afterthought, probably added to pep up interest in an obscure composer. Times, Sunday Times
While I wouldn ` t use the word afterthought, I was keen to see the media coverage associated with the launch. Apple iTunes in Oz
While a video screen adds a few visual puns, it seems almost an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
The ball clanks off the rim like a cinder block; an ugly afterthought of a shot attempt.
Not so long ago - three or four years - online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers.
A female chauvinist approach might be to describe men as a kind of afterthought in the scheme of existence.
The music sounds like it was an afterthought, and the singer's dead-sober seriousness is self-indulgent and boring.
She added as an afterthought that the government supports campaigns to encourage cycling and walking as healthy forms of transport.
It seems to have been an afterthought, probably added to pep up interest in an obscure composer. Times, Sunday Times
The characters were an afterthought and as a result, always came across as wooden and boring.
One of the last great red-hot liberals addressed the Democratic convention Tuesday, but he was something of an afterthought.
If Web Notes feels like an afterthought, that is because it is. Office Live Workspace (Beta) Finally Goes Live. Still Needs Work.
The fact it happens to be a diesel will quickly become an afterthought, apart from when you realise how little fuel you are putting in. The Sun
The white chips were a hasty afterthought, and the fact that they sunk right to the very bottoms of the cakes is evidence of the fact that the initial cake recipe was (unbeknownst to me) flawed. Archive 2009-06-01
the garage was an afterthought
Today, these principles are at risk of becoming mere afterthoughts in the overhasty and indiscriminate assault on the flawed public realm the coalition has inherited from Labour. Liberal Democrats: A year of living dangerously | Editorial
The ball clanks off the rim like a cinder block; an ugly afterthought of a shot attempt.
The writing itself does not resort to much critical reflexion or afterthought.
These "afterthoughts," the ones who come home and find they can no longer bear to live, who thought that everything seemed to be fine in the beginning, Friedman said, become swallowed up by misery. 101 G.I. Suicides Must Not Be Afterthoughts
But here it was on Pico, sitting scooped on a rusk of croissant: airy froth with just a mellow afterthought of coffee flavor. C&C: La Maison du Pain
And we are gradually moving to the stage where it is an integral requirement of any proJect rather than an inconvenient afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
The quality of the food had become an afterthought, and that needed to change. Times, Sunday Times
At present ten is the term allowed for afterthought; and when the regulation was made, all the men of abilities were invited to give their opinion whether it were better to abrogate or modify it. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Even the corridors, so often the mean afterthought in offices, are generously spaced.
The play has no forward momentum, and plot arrives in Act 2 seemingly as an afterthought.
What makes these awards special is the focus they put on design in an industry that often treats design as a superficial afterthought.
This e-mail is partly an afterthought and partly continuation of our discussion from last night.
The basic, elegant design is already complete; modifying it to improve service will be an afterthought. Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon)
When he speaks about the prejudices he has faced, the added issue of his sexuality is almost an afterthought.
The critical thing is that fostering civilized behavior should be a priority up front in the design of our foreign policy, not an afterthought, a sop to bleeding hearts, or a pretext for something else.
A female chauvinist approach might be to describe men as a kind of afterthought in the scheme of existence.
But the talk is largely epiphenomenal (an afterthought).
In Piedmont, white Arneis is a bit of an afterthought for red winemakers focused on Nebbiolo, but this is a concentrated wine of rare complexity.
Any romance with Jake was just a sloshy afterthought. Caroline Presno: From The Real Housewives to The Hills, Unsexy Catfights are the Staple of Reality TV
When he bought a $5.2 million villa on the French Riviera he asked as an afterthought whether the price was in dollars or Belgian francs.
I'll Be Your Mirror – ATP's latest venture – doesn't quite cut it as a summer replacement; swan-shaped pedalo rides on Ally Pally's boating lake are a poor substitute for Butlins' Master Blaster Rafts, and the scattering of art installations around the main building feels like an afterthought. I'll Be Your Mirror – review
The leaves of the acanthus are so famously handsome and glossy that their blue flower spike is almost an afterthought.
I say throwaway because their inclusion feels like an afterthought, the result of a series of reshoots deemed necessary after early prints were found to be far too draining.
Then he nearly hyperventilated talking about defense, the side of the ball that has been a relative afterthought for the head coach in Seattle for the last quarter century. Seahawks' Mora: 'We've got to take back the dang NFC West'
The technology was designed almost as an afterthought, and it was initially targeted at the corporate market.
Production seems something of an afterthought. The Sun
It seems to have been an afterthought, probably added to pep up interest in an obscure composer. Times, Sunday Times
Before I reveal the answers or rather, "afterthoughts," to any of the mentioned questions, I will explain WHY these mofos inundate us all with. Anime Nano!
Why does he need an afterthought keepsake from the airline disaster? Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 2 “Caballo Sin Nombre” is Set to the Sounds of America | /Film
A couple of little afterthoughts from the Sotomayor confirmation hearings: Steve Benen points out that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) was very concerned about the possibility that Judge Sotomayor might be influenced by "foreign laws. Foolish Inconsistency
Defending had become almost an afterthought and these two sides chased up and down the pitch in search of a telling blow. Times, Sunday Times
If the GOP dosen't smarten up, they are doomed to become an afterthought. RNC resolution won't 'handcuff' Steele, co-sponsor says
As an afterthought she picked up the pile of typescript that sat on her desk, and with it the diskette from her computer. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
Instead I often see facilities and traffic controls that treat pedestrians as little more than annoying afterthoughts.
In her editorial Vivienne Van Someren suggests that arrangements for job sharers are often an afterthought.
Emerson, whose obsessive, sledgehammer approach makes his reporting often seem an afterthought to his conclusion, possesses neither.
The flowers are passable, but also inexpensive, but the lace is like offcut afterthought thrown on the bodice, and probably about 5 bucks worth. Regretsy – I Don’t
They are an afterthought, something they would not mind winning if they were in Melbourne. Times, Sunday Times
Even the magic word processor can not solve the problem of afterthoughts, which are likely to alter a complete structure.
I don’t read a lot of books (get your whips out), but I did spend Memorial Day weekend (how appropriate, in afterthought) this year emotionally drained as I slogged through the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men). Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
While I wouldn`t use the word afterthought, I was keen to see the media coverage associated with the launch. Apple iTunes in Oz
Football is something of an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
The story was irrelevant really, and seemed to be a mere afterthought to all the effects and computer-animation.
Many also admitted that their parents or grandparents were 'an afterthought' and they often cancelled visits if something more exciting came up. Times, Sunday Times
The film was made first and the music was added as an afterthought.
Entrepreneurship, meanwhile, is considered only as an afterthought and in piecemeal fashion.
After he handed in the report, he had several afterthoughts that were too late to put in it.
An afterthought quickly follows, though, and I cannot help but wonder if the work of indigenous women in a rural community is completely divergent from the desires of the masses in Mexico City. Landscapes Of Mexico, Landscapes Of The Self
Intuit's causes include, coincidently as an afterthought, certainly, Byron and Comstock, but Keam, was left flat-footed and empty-handed. Penny Wise, Pound Foolish, and Bipartisan to Boot
They are an afterthought, something they would not mind winning if they were in Melbourne. Times, Sunday Times

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