candelabra
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“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
"I hope the light of this candelabra will shine across this square long beyond the eight days of the Hanukkah celebration," Mr Scholz said.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 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
The altar was adorned with thick, fragrant clusters of flowers illuminated by the slender white stemmed candles that burned from six candelabra.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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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 action tears through the estate’s lavish rooms, turning paintings, candelabras and fabric into improvised weapons before ending with a splash in the pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
And off the crowd went — slowly — to the Temple of Dendur, where the fairytale motif continued with tables featuring “enchanted candelabras entwined with flower arrangements.”
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
The candelabras were lit, but only half the usual number, leaving most of the room in shadow.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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