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

Two of these support her by the arms, while the other carries a flambeau of white pine before her to dissipate all lurking enchantments and dispel all evil incantations.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

Then they went off in a procession of two, the landlord carrying the flambeau.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

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

And lit me with her pine-knot torch to bedward, Where, as the custom of the court it was, The beauteous Wolf-head blew the flambeau out, And then— Alice.

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas