How To Use Candle In A Sentence

The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.
So he entered and going up to the candles which burnt in the tent snuffed them and sprinkled levigated henbane on the wicks; after which he withdrew and waited without the marquee, till the smoke of the burning henbane reached The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
There were floating candles that decorated the pool and the fountain, as well as ornamental flowers arrangements.
Its candlelit restaurant is one of the most romantic spots on the island, with a menu that goes beyond green curry. Times, Sunday Times

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Eggs were labeled with a permanent marker, candled to estimate the stage of development, weighed to the nearest 0.5 g using a spring scale, and measured (length and width) to the nearest 0.1 mm with calipers.
Scented candles, especially the industrial strength and size that many people light around the holidays, give off more than fragrance-studies show they produce tiny bits of pollution known as particulates that can inflame the respiratory tract and aggravate asthma, Dr. Sublett says. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
An inquest heard that the fire started after friends of Mr Wright lit candles in his flat while he had gone out drinking with a friend.
The roof terrace looks down into the Grassmarket, while inside the subdued lighting and dark wooden furniture lends itself to romantic candlelit dinners.
Step6: With tray Cheng Fangling's random bottle container canister, get ready for the guest brush towel, the odour of more ameliorable toilet after beautiful sweet candle is ignited.
A brief program with music and merriment begins the ceremony, then an honorary candlelighter lights his or her candle and starts passing it along through the crowd. Zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News
There too, one May, I had identified a garden warbler singing hidden within a huge candled horse chestnut that spread its great branches across the road as if it were holding its own skirt. A Year on the Wing
Krein said staying right on bottom is critical here, because that's where the candlefish are, and thus the chinook. HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
Candle makers, after all, cannot be expected to hail the invention of the electric light bulb, nor hostlers the advent of automobiles, nor canal-boat owners the building of railways, nor TV broadcasters the laying down of cable systems.
Then I had to bring a branch of candles near it before I could make out the crabbed and faded handwriting. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
I beg for each and all of you confirmations and assistance from the threshold of oneness, so that those gatherings may become ignited like unto candles, in the republics of America, enkindling the light of the love of God in the hearts; thus the rays of the heavenly teachings may begem and brighten the states of America like the infinitude of immensity with the stars of the Most Great Guidance. Tablets of the Divine Plan
The moths swarm together for a moment, then disappear like candle flames going out.
The swimming pool was decorated with fairy lights and floating candles and a table for the intimate party of 12 was set outside.
Lune-atic Yipsie comes with skin and shape with red horns ,..with and without candles red hair,..with and without flowers and bats with her bodytied skinsuit and her rats around her neck she can be found being lune-ing around touch pumpkin on table for lune-atic yipsie move Archive 2008-11-01
With white lights twinkling around the street-facing windows, a single red rose on our table and the candle lamp glowing between us, our fondue dinner felt almost romantic.
It may be that in the faint candle light the improvised cook of the party ebonizes the flapjacks and puts mourning edges on the bacon.
A rich cashmere throw, a pair of princess-worthy slippers, and some delish candles will keep her nest well feathered.
Conversely the lighting of a candle may be symbolically significant if it denotes bringing of light, that is, relief from suffering or enlightenment.
She could just see by the light of the candle.
The map gone!" and he seized the candle from Bud's hand, and, holding it so that its light illuminated the whole bunk, stared wildly down on the rumpled surface of the rude bedtick, which now, the blankets having been thrown off, showed its entire surface to the light of the candle. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49
I bought a candle out of necessity.
The name refers to the fact that splinters of cannel can be burnt like a candle.
‘Zero visibility means holding a 50,000 - candlepower light in your hand and not knowing it's on,’ explains Butch Hendrick of Lifeguard Systems.
It is a slow-boiler of a film, an exercise in the suspense that spooky children, locked doors, creaking floors, mist, candles and shifty characters do best.
She alos gets a banana ice-cream cake with carrot candles on it.
Finally this bathtub is also equiped with a storage space, that allow you to store books, candles and other bathing items. Bathtubs with a Beautiful Wooden Finish
Above colorful hanging lanterns, gifts and paper flower, but also ignited a Christmas Candle.
Ornate doorways offer glimpses of inner courtyards and enticing interiors; many are university buildings, but just as many are candlelit bistros and bars.
Elsewhere the drinkers sat in darkness, an umbrous gloom through which the orange flame of an occasional candle started.
I've still got one of the candlesticks but I've lost its companion.
There was a small red carpet, with candles around it and a smattering of journalists and photographers, talking to important personages and taking their pictures.
Without waiting for a reply, Mr. McGuffey dropped back into his department and Captain Scraggs, his soul filled with rage and dire forebodings, repaired to the galley, and "candled" four dozen eggs. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
Look at how a few NGO groups last year used peaceful candlelight vigils for their own selfish purposes to galvanize public opinion.
You will be greeted with a welcome drink, and once a week you can enjoy a romantic candle-lit dinner.
The large garden around the swimming pool shone in the glimmering light of many multicolored candles.
It may derive, distantly, from8 the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis, goddess of the hunt and of the moon, a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck.
I imagine that an acupuncture session is fairly relaxing for the pet - the article indicates that the animal isthe center of attention during these exercises – they are petted, nuzzled, spoken to in calming adult-cooing baby language, placed on warm blankets with candle light and soft music, perhaps? Pet Acupunture – Grrrrr! Ruff! « Biodork
They carried candles and wore masks: an eggshell face with antlers; a patchwork harlequin; a Casanova; a Scaramouch. The Faculty Club
With temperatures below zero and icy roads many people were unable to get into the village for supplies of candles, batteries for torches etc.
With picnic blankets, hampers and candles in safety cups, the visitors began taking up their positions on the grassy knoll.
Of course, an important difference is that to my knowledge the candlelight vigils did not engage in trespass, which the SEIU apparently did. The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest
The flame of mount Hecla (sayth he) will not burne towe (which is most apt matter for the wicke of a candle) neither is it quenched with water. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Life is a candle . If burned out , there will not chance for you to start again . Let's value life.
Although no average cake would have held the candles to which Miss Mercy's birthdays entitled her, she was given to "middy" blouses and pink sweaters. The Dude Wrangler
Life doesn't get better than the candlelit alfresco supper here. Times, Sunday Times
The flesh was the colour of candle wax. Times, Sunday Times
Sail-trimmer, and Pumpman; a primed candle for each battle-lantern; a thumbstall and vent-guard for the 1st and 2d Captains of each gun. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
Timberland said the new LED lamps are twice as efficient as the comparative foot-candle incandescent bulbs they replaced. Daily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency Filipino children offered candles for flood victims on Tuesday during a mass burial in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters in Iligan City, southern Mindanao, the Philippines. Asia in Pictures
Two more candles on silver-gilt candlesticks stand at each end of the coffin.
And there's the moment in solemn liturgies when all the candles are lit: those in the chandeliers and in the central corona; and then the first are made to swing widely, while the great corona is spun on its axis. Pentecost in the East
A pair of slipshod feet shuffled, hastily, across the bare floor of the room, as this interrogatory was put; and there issued, from a door on the right hand; first, a feeble candle: and next, the form of the same individual who has been heretofore described as labouring under the infirmity of speaking through his nose, and officiating as waiter at the public – house on Saffron Hill. Oliver Twist
We will make candles by dipping and by using molds of different kinds.
But the face into which he had gazed across the candle-flame had been neither tamed, nor troubled by any foreboding.
The colors of the candles lit each night and Swahili terminology are included, along with Tokunbo's favorite karamu (feast) recipe for brownies to give away with a surprise for each recipient. Spokesman.com: Latest stories
Ivy, candles and fruit arranged in a wire basket make a sumptuous centrepiece.
The camp greeted us with the surreal vision of a linen-covered dining table set on the bank, aglow in candlelight and sparkling crystal.
This means that an equivalent size beeswax candle will burn brighter, and for longer, than a paraffin wax one.
When I do a spell, I whip out a candle, make a poppet, and I chant.
Candles flickered on the well-spaced tables which were covered with crisp white linen cloths.
The tree seemed to dribble out of its branches like candlewax, and solidify into the spreading trunk and gorged roots. Wildwood
Composed of hundreds of ephemeral objects, from sugar cookies to vials of cheap perfume to devotional candles, popular santos, kitschy trinkets and cans of Goya beans, ‘Infinito Botanica’ is a vast still life.
The Judas bells may probably have been used in the Easter-eve ceremonies, in connexion with which we find _Judas candles_ mentioned. Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850
There were even more candles in here than in the anteroom: the same golden flares and areas of shadow.
Black candles flickered in sconces on the walls and by the trencher.
Union members and their families hold a candlelight vigil in Kimberly, Wis., in August outside the soon-to-close NewPage paper mill. Wisconsin's paper industry woes shape race
An average household candle will burn for about six hours.
He said the fire was most likely to have been started by direct ignition to furniture in the room by an open flame like a match, cigarette lighter or candle.
We withheld key evidence, so if you’re trying to figure out who killed Professor Plum, we haven’t shown you that the candlestick is even a potential murder weapon yet. Interview with LOST Co-Creator Damon Lindelof – Collider.com
The candles were flickering in their sockets. North and South
His interior pieces on display include medieval banquet tables, slender candlesticks and chandeliers, and mirrors.
I held in my hand a single black candle, it's flame flickering as my body disturbed the air around it.
Treat yourselves to a candlelit dinner here. The Sun
These prizes should be Hallow-e'en souvenirs, such as emery cushions of silk representing tomatoes, radishes, apples, pears, pickles; or pen-wipers representing brooms, bats, cats, witches, etc. CANDLE AND APPLE Games For All Occasions
Jillian and Graham sat on either side of a silver-plated candelabrum, its twin red candles dripping wax onto the paper tablecloth, empty coffee cups in front of them.
But much of the time there is no electricity, and at night we sit by candlelight.
First thing you are going to need are mosquito coils or citronella candles to keep away the winged blood-suckers.
Let's hope the ladies bake one of their splendid cakes and stick some candles on the top. Times, Sunday Times
It offers a wide variety of Christmas decorations, small gifts such as frames for photographs and figurines, silver candlesticks, candles and non-kitsch trinkets.
And with that the man laughed too, and with the fuff of his laughter the candle went out. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896
She told me she candles eggs at the creamery and boards with a family in Linden. 52449_CLARA
A lamplighter was up a ladder, replacing the candle in one of the hanging lanterns in the square. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
And he can light the blue touchpaper on a Roman Candle, but it may be impossible to tell whether the ensuing two second fizzing is the intended special effect or a product malfunction.
The quaint, family-owned shops include a candle-maker, a perfumery and specialist cheese and wine shops.
And there it would be, the horizon ablaze with light where the gleaming flames of candles met the distant flicker of stars.
Other items: skincare products from Jurlique, Stemulation, make-up setting spray by Model in a Bottle, eyelash conditioner from Maximum Lash, Kamasutra powders, oils and the newly-launched lip-gloss, candles form Gold Canyon, red carpet clutches from Menbur Zorianna Kit: 2011 Academy Awards Gifting suites
She had spotted him sitting in one corner, dark except for the candle on the table, which was dripping hot wax onto the rough, wooden table.
The lights were dimmed making way for a seductive flicker of the unscented thick candles.
I am not going to pass any judgement on the people who lit candles in Tehran, and I do not intend to analyse their behavior to see why they did it.
He took out the tinderbox and the candle.
A votive candle is placed on the dozen or so tables, part of the ritual of late afternoon tea.
To become good today, at hooking blackmouth, the common denominator is finding the bait, sand lance candlefish and herring. The Seattle Times
There were also several polished gems and stones, each serving a different purpose, along with many partially burnt candles.
But the real highlight of the trip was dinner, served in the opulent dining cars by candlelight on linen, with crystal, flowers and silverware.
Fibre Glass, Candle Holders, Luminaires Picture Frame , Panels, Trimmings, Tablewares.
You'll find that once you start looking for candles and oil lamps, there are a plentitude from which to choose - and they'll all brighten up your home for the holidays.
She explains the origin of influential ancient scripts, such as Uncial and Insular Majuscule, magical terms that evoke the scent of candlewax and of sulfurous disputes over the proper date of Easter. Handwriting Is on the Wall
But my auld een's drawing thegither -- dinna hurry yoursell, my bonny man, tak mind about the putting out the candle, and there's a horn of ale, and a glass of clow-gillie-flower water; I dinna gie ilka body that; I keep it for a pain I hae whiles in my ain stamach, and it's better for your young blood than brandy. Old Mortality, Complete
Two bronze candle holders in the center flanked a floral piece.
I did this years ago, and babyfood jars were perfect with copper wire, ooooh, pretty but have one of those long-nosed lighters or extended matches, because if you try to light the candle and then drop it in, it goes out nine times out of ten. Turn Old Jars Into Hanging Candle Lanterns | Lifehacker Australia
Standing all day on the wet clay floor under the dropping ceiling in the faint light cast by tallow candles was grim.
It starts outside the church with the lighting of new fire and the Paschal Candle followed by a full Easter service and Festal evensong at 6.30 pm.
He smacked his choppy lips, his moist skin dark olive green in the candlelight.
Simple preventative measures, such as flameless candles and removing stove knobs when leaving the house, can mean the difference between life and death for your four-legged friends. WSOCTV.com - Local News
Make sure if you use a container for your candle that the jar is a heat safe container. Archive 2007-10-01
This is box-on-box, with candle wax, the old style of making cabinetry. Times, Sunday Times
After the candles burned for several minutes, I handed Xun an incensor (incense burner), filled with smoldering charcoal, which he placed on the floor in front of the candles. Temezcal y Xun - the sweatlodge
The boline is the practical knife - if you need to trim a too-long candle wick, cut up some herbs, etc. while in ritual, the boline is the tool you reach for, not your athame. Witchvox - RSS Feed - New Articles This Week
There are candles strategically placed — just in case we have another power cut.
It was the night of my thirteenth birthday party, and I was blowing out the candles on my cake.
The candle flickered in the wind.
He chatted with a vendor at the candle shop and leaned against the park bench.
The marquise, worried that Yvette has fallen asleep without extinguishing her candle, decides that someone must check on her.
Jean-Baptiste Canelle, for that was his name, sat behind a table covered with moldy bread crusts, half burned candles, and beer-stains.
But, judging by the many flowers, lighted candles and small Israeli flags placed inside the crematory at Dachau, many of the nearly one million visitors who make their way here annually come just to pay homage.
There are also candles made from used cooking oil and recycled glass.
Candles are burning at Atocha station, and trains from the suburb where many of the 202 murdered victims lived arrive half-empty.
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
The marquee was lit like a Roman candle, even in daylight.
Of course, each Simhat Torah flag has an apple and candle, customary among East European Jewry. Menachem Wecker: Mark Podwal's New Jewish Calendar (PHOTO)
Mind you don't knock the candle over.
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 06: 41 PM how odd to read this particular bit of news as i enjoy one of the only still-functioning electrical devices in my home (the computer), the others suffering from a mysterious anti-surge, in which switches produce only intermittent and then very weak current. nothing is 'crame' but the fridge has no cold, the water-heater no heat, the lamps flicker like candles guttering out their last wisp of light, etc. the electrician will be coming tomorrow; meanwhile one is very conscious of being (but not wishing to be) very spoiled and electrodependent ...... Cramer - French Word-A-Day
We carefully watched the flame of the hour candle eating away the wax from ring to ring.
Cixi clicked her tongue and finished lighting the last candle, and then sat down on the bed next to her brother.
Some of the largest pieces are currently on exhibit, including a large candelabrum that holds more than two dozen candles and two large oil parlor lamps made of silver.
In the midst of the church stood 12. waxe tapers of two yards long, and a fathom about in bignesse, and there stands a kettle full of waxe with about 100. weight, wherein there is alwayes the wicke of a candle burning, as it were a lampe which goeth not out day nor night. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03
Qassem Zein/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ASHURA FESTIVAL: Shiite Muslims carried candles outside the Imam Ali shrine during an Ashura ceremony Sunday in the Najaf, Iraq. Today's Photos: Jan. 5
The stone stairways and halls of this wonderfully atmospheric venue will be aglow with candlelight.
All the candles were snuffed out immediately and a strong smell of brimstone and myrrh filled the room.
To form ( candle ) by repeatedly immersing a wick in melted wax or tallow.
Their faces are illuminated by the candle on the center of the table.
She had prepared a candlelit dinner and uncorked a bottle of imported champagne.
She had lit a host of candles around her, as though their light might ameliorate the cruelty of the hour. SACRAMENT
When he walked into the ballroom Leon saw a circle of candles arranged loosely around her.
If they succeed, candlepower could become part and parcel of leading-edge rocket science.
But then he spotted the flickering light of a candle coming from a room near the rear of the building. Times, Sunday Times
Inside, smoke wafted from cheap candles, polluting the room with a slight grey haze.
His glass, in front of the candle, writhing flame visible through the clear liquid, illuminating the bubbles spinning and fizzing their way upward.
We lit candles and exchanged gifts for Chanukah, drove to High Holiday services at the temple, and had wine and matzah for Passover.
Eggs were candled to determine incubation stage, and laying dates were calculated by backdating.
We had the candles, hatters, cobblers and bakers representing the strong trades in Rathkeale in the 19th century.
Three teams battled it out in a relay race while holding birthday candles. The Sun
The candle now fell from his hand, and he attempted to pull off his wig; but it had been tied close on, to appear more natural, and his fright disabled him; he therefore flung himself upon the bed, and rolled the coverlid over his head. Camilla
I need a wax candle now.
And by close application to my book at night, my visage became considerally emaciated by extreme perspiration, having no lucubratory aparatus, no candle, no lamp, nor even light-wood, being chiefly raised in oaky woods. The poetical works of George M. Horton : the colored bard of North Carolina : to which is prefixed the life of the author, written by himself,
These candleholders are made with clear beveled glass.
A candleholder that looked like the illegitimate offspring of a horse and a dachshund Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
There are angel bookends, guardian angel lapel pins and ceramic candle-holder angels.
As dusk fell, the Gandhi Park grounds were set aglow as hundreds of candles were lit to commemorate the occasion.
Also available are candles, incense products and giftware.
There are two tombs in the body of the place; but none in the chancel, which is bare, except for the tall candlesticks, and the chancel rail, beyond which is the undraped altar of solid marble, upon which stand four small candlesticks, two at each end. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Like practically everything else that grows in Hawai`i, the candlenut was imported here.
The candles lost their power; and the fumes of incense were just that; the smell of smoke, and nothing more.
We also used to dout (do out, ie, put out) candles, and dup (do up, ie, lift) door latches. Times, Sunday Times
The incomes they earn are small - Farida sells her candles for four taka a packet - but it can be enough to make a drastic difference, securing homes that they might otherwise be evicted from and offering hope of expansion in the future.
When the time comes, settle yourself in front of the area, light the candle, and open the bottle of perfume or light the incense.
On the menu, there's a partial list of what Bell Book & Candle grows, including various herbs, four varieties of nasturtium, lettuces and tomatoes. From the Garden Above
Robert was polishing up some old silver candlesticks.
Then the candle-wife chieftainess Mankopodi Thulare acted until, in 1976, Bakgomana appointed Kenneth Kgagudi Sekhukhune to act. CONTENTS:
Then together lighting a single candle that announced them as two souls fused into one. Times, Sunday Times
Toys and teddy bears sent by well-wishers piled up in the village centre and a single candle glowed in a glass lantern. The Sun
Investigators said he was smoking marijuana and inhaling paint thinners when a burning candle ignited the fumes.
To light their homes, early Americans relied on tallow candles, floating tapers that burned assorted greases, and lamps that burned fuels such as lard and turpentine.
He chatted with a vendor at the candle shop and leaned against the park bench.
she ate by candlelight
Running a candle flame up and down a twisted piece of dry hair. Times, Sunday Times
She went on playing, one prominent cheekbone dusted orange by the candlelight.
The Foxford Christmas Craft Fair will feature items such as basket making, woodcraft, fabric crafts, jewellery, candles, pottery, festival food, and lots more too numerous to mention.
But the troubles caused by that truth cause the candle's flame to flicker slightly from time to time.
Two candelabra, with four candles each, lighted up festally the room which had waited so many years for the wandering nephew. A Personal Record
There was a roman candle of sparks from the plane but still they stared. SKORPION'S DEATH
On Saturday, a peace candle will be the centrepiece of a sanctuary in Spinks Park.
One could well imagine an urgent gathering of the ` The Royal & Ancient Order of Sticky Fellows’ with fresh candles in their billycocks, lit and mining tools akimbo; being convened before the Miner in Chief within minutes of my departure.
This Kwanzaa holiday, I'll head out to the neighborhood store to purchase my red, black and green candles for the kinara, because I know that the strength of the U.S. economy is found in its multicultural small community owned businesses that reflect our nation's diversity. Irene Monroe: Should Kwanzaa Stay in Black Neighborhoods?
Every year by December 6 - St. Nicholas' Day - the exterior of the historic Georgian-style home is swagged with laurel and windows are filled with candlelight.
A bronze figure of Hercules supports an ormolu bowl surmounted by a triple row of plumes, from which rise the three candle branches.
The film opens with a tender, candlelit love scene that features both actors in all their naked glory.
You don't need candles, an athame, and a herbal garden to be a Wiccan.
In the corners of the chamber there were several wooden stands, which supported majestic candles.
We toured the city and marvelled at the specialist shops that occupied specific streets; one street specialised in supplies for chapel selling vestments, candles and other religious accoutrements.
The largest door was open, revealing a candle lit room with plush red carpeting and leather bound chairs.
Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
It was almost as if the barn was it's own little world where it was twilight all the time, and the only light was the frail beams given off by a few candles.
Signs that we're burning the candle at both ends often show up in and around the eyes as redness, puffiness and dark circles.
As dusk became night time, the crowd lit candles and tied flowers to lampposts. The Sun
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Step inside this pretty thatched building in the Yorkshire Dales and take a seat in the candlelit dining room. Times, Sunday Times
Couples gazed across the candles into each other's eyes. Times, Sunday Times
A sudden gust of wind from the open window puffed the candle out.
I'm probably never going to do candlewicking, either. The Knitting Curmudgeon
A foot-candle is the intensity of light from a candle held one foot away or one lumen/sq. foot.
Should I dash out and buy candles along with my favorite flavored lubricant?
My first instinct was that i had to pray, light candles and then get to bed as soon as possible. Times, Sunday Times
Desirée stifled a laugh as she swept the candles and bits of wax into a dustpan.
The lady of the house performs the sacred ritual of lighting two candles.

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