Roman candles

Example Sentences

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If you’re spending this Fourth of July holiday in the U.S. grilling or setting off Roman candles, we hope you have some time to take a break and read.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

Whether they're Roman candles or falling leaves, fireworks share the same underlying science.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2021

Despite the risks, many Californians are obsessed with fireworks in L.A. — whiz-bangs, bottle rockets, Roman candles, aerial spinners.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Ahead of July 4, he called for legalizing bottle rockets and Roman candles — an effort to appeal to liberty-minded voters — in a video that showed him lighting fireworks and dashing to safety.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2017

At nightfall tribes in the Rocky Mountains entertained the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by applying torches to sap-dripping fir trees, which then exploded like Roman candles.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann