CANDLE in a Sentence

Learn CANDLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
233 example sentences for CANDLE, such as:
1. I need a wax candle now.
2. When lit, does a wax candle wane?
3. Do not hold a candle to the devil.
4. See that candle on the mantelpiece.
5. A candle had set the curtains on fire.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CANDLE
candle
 v.  examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
 n.  the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  On one corner of this was stuck the stump of a red wax candle.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  See that candle on the mantelpiece.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  After leaving the house he discovered his loss and hurried back, but found the police already in possession, owing to his own folly in leaving the candle burning.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
4  'We'll soon have a light, I said, striking a match and putting it to a wax candle which I had brought with me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5  Can't see a candle gutter but its her heart that's melting, or snuff a wick without reciting all the names in Cupid's Calendar.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
6  On this night, however, as soon as the cloth was taken away, he took up a candle and went into his business-room.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
7  Poole felt in his pocket and handed out a crumpled note, which the lawyer, bending nearer to the candle, carefully examined.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
8  They followed the girl up some steep corner-stairs without meeting any one, and stopped in the dark while she went on for a candle.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
9  They expected every moment to hear Merrylegs give tongue, but the highly trained performing dog had not barked when the girl and the candle appeared together.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
10  Going to the hearth to set the candle down upon a round three-legged table standing there, he stumbled against something.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
11  Seen across the dim candle with his moistened eyes, she looked as if she had a glory shining round her head.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
12  As the shining stars were to the heavy candle in the window, so was Rachael, in the rugged fancy of this man, to the common experiences of his life.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
13  He lighted a candle, set out his little tea-board, got hot water from below, and brought in small portions of tea and sugar, a loaf, and some butter from the nearest shop.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
14  Stephen nodded; looking to Rachael for an explanation, which she was quite unable to give him; took the candle, went downstairs, and in a few moments returned, lighting Louisa into the room.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
15  Rachael had risen, and stood apart with her shawl and bonnet in her hand, when Stephen, himself profoundly astonished by this visit, put the candle on the table.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  May the bright and festive glow of New Year candle warm the days all the year through.
2  Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
3  It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
4  Their faces are illuminated by the candle on the center of the table.
5  Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
6  Do not hold a candle to the devil.
7  A candle had set the curtains on fire.
8  A candle lights others and consumes itself.
9  There was only a stump of the candle left.
10  I need a wax candle now.
11  Man's life is often compared to a candle.
12  She watched the wax as it dripped down the side of the candle.
13  She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like.
14  When she sees the light of a candle, the only light for the palaces of kings in her day, gleam from the window of her home, which she is approaching.
15  When lit, does a wax candle wane?