candelabra
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In the video, Eric walks Jasmin into a room adorned with elegant candelabra, flower petals spread across the floor, bouquets of roses and a large red heart framed on a wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024
The president had invited France's Chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia to light the first of eight candles on a Hanukkiah, or candelabra, marking the start of the Jewish festival of lights.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah - a multibranched candelabra.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Her taste at the Reserve is expressed in the Rhododendron Glen, the Ravine, the candelabra primulas, ginger, cyclamen, oxalis and other wildflowers on the property.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
All that was left was the furniture that was absolutely necessary, the silver candelabra and table service, for the everyday utensils had been sold one by one to underwrite the costs of her education.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
And off the crowd went — slowly — to the Temple of Dendur, where the fairytale motif continued with tables featuring “enchanted candelabras entwined with flower arrangements.”
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
He turned off all the lights and lit black candelabras, which flickered atop his credenza.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
On Tuesday, priests and monks haphazardly loaded cars and trucks with religious and household items including candelabras, televisions and pictures.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Mismatched candles in silver candelabras, burning in sets of three, surround the desk in the center of the room.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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