candle
Example Sentences
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Two French nationals who said they were in the bar at the time described seeing a waitress put a birthday candle on top of a champagne bottle.
From BBC
The 33-year-old stops to pick up candles and hoodies, board games and puffer jackets for infants.
But in the powerless dusk, as the sun slipped behind the Rockies, the cottage we had rented began to light up with candles—short, tall, big, small, whatever we could find.
The lighting of the eighth Hanukkah candle at the site of the tragedy drew tens of thousands.
Around 30 worshippers, each of them holding a lit candle, sung Christmas hymns.
From Barron's
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