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

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

Bobby, under the flambeau of red hair, dreamed at the fish.

From What Rough Beast? by Highe, Jefferson

And he went on tiptoe to the door of the weaving room, unlocked it, and looked in, holding his flambeau high above his head.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)