sconce

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He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

Stenciled onto the adjacent wall next to an incongruously glowing sconce is eternity’s conundrum: “Heaven for weather, hell for company.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

New multidirectional horizontal or vertical mounting wall sconce lights can brighten up any bathroom — in more ways than one!

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022

The pair then conceived a futuristic-looking sconce — a vertical brass rod with an unshaded Edison bulb on either end — and is currently working on a shelf light and a coffee table.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2019

In time, they reached a weathered door illuminated by a single sconce mounted to the wall.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray