flambeau
Example Sentences
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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021
At the same time, taking a flambeau in his hand, he hastily led the way on board his own ship, and set it on fire.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
But as some one has said, “Death lights up a terrible flambeau in which the aspect of all things is changed.”
From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot
We were conducted back to our rooms by quite a procession, including the thin landlord and imposing landlady, headed by the Dragon bearing a flambeau.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
Still another white beacon leaned over the hills where, like a stellar flambeau, the lead-star trembled and sputtered, kindled just on the apex of Henhawk's knob.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett