candlepins

Example Sentences

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Furthermore, don’t be heavy-handed with the “art direction” of the evening: No strewn rose petals on the floor; no baroque abundance of candlelights flooding the entire apartment; no heady bouquets of flowers or “romantic” music.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2018

It was Rachel Guest and Willis Bailey who had hailed them from afar, as candlelights flashed across their faces; and suddenly to my eyes the gloomy temple seemed to be brilliantly illuminated.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

He pointed toward a small restaurant across the street where red candlelights glimmered warmly through panelled lace.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison

“I thought we had just moved to Venice,” he said, still dazed at the amount of carved fire screens, tapestries, dim, impractical candlelights, and soft-eyed Madonnas which smiled at him on all sides.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro