sparklers

Example Sentences

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Outside of major cities, rural communities still light sparklers and screeching "missile" fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which falls next week.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Befitting the name, the drink arrives in a frozen pineapple crowned with sparklers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

He is "99% certain" the Swiss fire was triggered by the sparklers.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

The blaze at Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana is believed to have started when sparklers attached to champagne bottles set light to sound-insulating foam padding on the ceiling.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

I didn’t care about anything on this earth except the way her face was tipped toward mine, our noses just touching, how wide and gorgeous her smile was, like sparklers going off.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd