Roman candle
Example Sentences
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They recount being discovered by Lou Adler at a hootenanny night at the Troubadour in 1970 and how that relationship lighted the Roman candle of their career.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025
An aerial Roman candle has 20 grams, reloadable aerial shells, shot from a tube, have 60 grams.
From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2021
It was with his Roman candle of a play, The Normal Heart, that his two lives most directly intersected.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2020
They grimace each time they see a wooden fence in the neighborhood, thinking of it as a Roman candle that could shoot flames onto a nearby home.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2017
When it’s only about fifteen feet off the ground, I see a boy aiming his Roman candle in the same direction.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
