Roman candle
Example Sentences
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An aerial Roman candle has 20 grams, reloadable aerial shells, shot from a tube, have 60 grams.
From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2021
It was with his Roman candle of a play, The Normal Heart, that his two lives most directly intersected.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2020
They grimace each time they see a wooden fence in the neighborhood, thinking of it as a Roman candle that could shoot flames onto a nearby home.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2017
A Roman candle fired from the crowd reportedly damaged a window at a residential building at Fourth Avenue and Virginia Street, police said.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2016
Otis had barely finished speaking when Percy’s missile-launching contraption spit out one last sphere of Roman candle fire.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
