candelabra

“The world rotates around us, as far as we’re concerned. That’s why we anthropomorphize animals. The candelabra in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ — why does it have a face?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

The president had invited France's Chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia to light the first of eight candles on a Hanukkiah, or candelabra, marking the start of the Jewish festival of lights.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023

On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah - a multibranched candelabra.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

During the blackout of 1965, he walked from his apartment to a nearby steakhouse carrying a candelabra he had pinched from the Plaza Hotel, tapers ablaze, and ordered a steak, medium-rare.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023

He pointed to a candelabra on the windowsill behind a large wingback chair.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

The photographs were almost absurdly theatrical: silver serving pieces and candelabras, the gilt-and-cream grandeur of the White House, and, arrayed beneath it all, mountains of branded fast-food packaging.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025

The diorama-like layout, part altar, part haunted house, contains mounds of soil sprouting candles, a filthy claw-foot bathtub, a forlorn-looking toilet and chandeliers resembling levitating candelabras.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

Look closely at the candelabras, for example: They are fitted with fire-safe LEDs hooked to wavering filaments that substitute for open flame.

From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Twelve yellow candles in bronze candelabras cast a dusky light over the girl.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende