lantern

Example Sentences

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Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Following the incident, Bristol City Council released images of an elephant carved in ivory, an ivory statue of the Buddha, a ship lantern and an Emancipation token.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Held mid-December each year, the festival acts as a platform to highlight the region's famed lantern industry, which first started more than 100 years ago.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

At night by lantern light, he read Churchill’s six-volume history of World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

I ran down into the valley toward an oasis where a grove of poplar trees swayed like lantern flames.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri