4314 examples of candles in sentences

Its protruding legs out-top the candles.

More than thirty years before, Puritanism had snuffed out its candles and driven its fiddlers to the streets.

"Never mind," said the Colonel, "when the candles give out we'll have the fire-light.

"Yes; are you broke?" "I am, and the next time I go into Annapolis I mean to buy some candles.

Running a light is dangerous, and doubly so with candles.

A few candles in tall candlesticks burned down the length of a table, round which sat a score of gentlemen.

I saw dimly around me the faces of the guests, for the few candles scarcely illumined the dusk of the great panelled hall hung with dark portraits.

"Bring twenty candles, Pompey," my host called out, "and the great punch-bowl.

And then, with a superstition for which I never could give any reason even to myself, having removed the packings, we closed and locked the door, leaving the candles about the room, in their soft, strange illumination, lighting the first night of her return to her old place.

Mr. Merrick and Arthur walked with the girls to the printing office, where they found Thursday Smith and Hetty working by the light of tallow candles.

" Patsy and Beth held candles for them, for the electric lights had been cut off with the power; so, seeing them all busily engaged, Arthur Weldon decided to return to the mill to join the Major.

" West went into the hack room, which was faintly illumined by candles stuck here and there.

They gave him all the light the flickering candles afforded as he adjusted the machinery, and all were bending over the press when a low, distant growl was heard, rising slowly to a frenzied shout.

It was just over; the crowded room was stifling with the smoke of tobacco and tallow-candles; there was an American flag hanging over the pulpit, a man pounding on a drum at the door, and a swarm of loafers on the steps, cheering for the Union, for Jeff Davis, etc.

Candles are sent from house to house and lighted up on the Samon.

"Put out some of the candles.

From between the dining-room curtains came the soft glow of the candles and the inviting clink of dishes.

Eventually, came a table, and the Sturgises set their posied plates upon it, and lighted their two candles stuck in saucers, and proclaimed themselves ready to entertain.

The people were gathering at the sunny side of the house; the auctioneer, at the window, was selling pots and candles and pruning-shears and kitchen chairs.

Now folks, the next article" Kirk and Felicia, not to speak of the organ, two chairs, a wash-basin, a frying-pan, two boxes of candles, a good mop, and a pot of soft soap, were all carted home by the invaluable Hop.

A dozen candles shall burn in Quebec Cathedral if I live till next summer!"

The second night the candles burnt blue and dreadful yells were heard outside the church.

On the floor are great ridges of stonewater is perpetually distilling from the roof and sides of this vault, and the drops before they fall produce a very pleasing effect, by reflecting numberless rays from the candles carried by the guides.

At our house we always made our own tallow candles.

We hardened the candles by mixing beeswax with the tallow.

4314 examples of  candles  in sentences