sparklers

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Public prosecutors believe the fire started when champagne bottles with sparklers attached were raised too close to the bar basement ceiling, igniting the sound insulation foam.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Initial findings from the investigation into the blaze suggest that it was caused by sparklers igniting soundproof foaming that lined the ceiling.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

"Be careful with the foam," the voice shouts, as people wave the same sparklers.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

A group of tourists wandered along the streets, their cameras poised, their glittering eyeglasses shining like sparklers.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole