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

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)

It was a weird and curious picture presented by the group on the pier,—the blazing, flickering flambeau casting flashes upon the many faces, and all surrounded by deep shadows and darkness.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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

And when another day had gone, and night came again, a silent funeral passed, by the light of a flambeau, to the chapel of the Ursulines for the lonely obsequies.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon