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

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

It sometimes appears as a stately flambeau, stalking along unsupported, burning with a ghastly blue flame.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

Sacre flambeau de jour, n’en soyez point jaloux; Vous parûtes alors aussi peu devant elle, Que les feux de la nuit avoient fait devant vous.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

With the bride to the bridal apartment they go, Fair Kirstin in front bears the yellow flambeau.

From Child Maidelvold and other ballads by Borrow, George Henry