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.
• Storage is no longer an afterthought as trends shift toward stylish solutions that serve as part of the decor.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2022
• The young activists felt that the plight of Dreamers had become an afterthought.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
• Yet the virus is an afterthought in Afghanistan, where many people struggle to find enough to eat every day.
  — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2022
• But the Fed has become an afterthought with the bond market more focused on the election.
  — Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
• Sales have become an afterthought with adaptation representing the whole ball game.
  — Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
• An inspired afterthought like that might not have made the album if it was limited to the normal 12 or 13 songs.
  — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• Something about the whole experience left me feeling like health and sanitation were an afterthought.
  — Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• Robinson was playing the season under the franchise tag for $17.9 million but became an afterthought in many weeks.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• A year later, the economic consequences of war have relegated these concerns to an afterthought.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2022
• Not all of these side characters work, with the ex especially becoming a distracting afterthought.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
• Up until Trump's appearance, lies about election fraud, the focus of last year’s conference, had been an afterthought among the top speakers.
  — Steve Peoples, ajc, 27 Feb. 2022
• Up until Trump’s appearance, lies about election fraud, the focus of last year’s conference, had been an afterthought among the top speakers.
  — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
• Of course, rule changes are deeply important for players and fans, who are open to bringing more action to the game and limiting the down time, but the subject arrived almost as an afterthought.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022
• The figure skating world championships right after the Winter Games usually are an afterthought.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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
• For years, the Orioles were an afterthought on stages like these.
  — Chelsea Janes, Washington Post, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024