lantern
Example Sentences
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In China, red lanterns could guide a traveller to safety in cold winter alleyways, be symbols of power outside an imperial hall, or act as a call to religious devotion when hung in a temple.
From BBC
Grandma returned to my room holding an electric lantern in one hand and a lighter in the other.
From Literature
Diogenes the Cynic famously carried a lantern searching for an honest man.
A giant Japanese lantern floats above them like an orb.
From Los Angeles Times
Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.
From Salon
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