candlelit
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of candlelit
Example Sentences
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Fashionable portraits and moonlit landscapes back home, then success with candlelit interiors and portraits of Wright’s friends in the Lunar Society of Enlightenment scientists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Moments before the workshop, participants sit at candlelit tables exchanging horoscopes and comparing their favorite flowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Ahead of the ceremony, she warmed Manchester up with a radiant, candlelit charity gig at the city's Albert Hall venue on Thursday.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah".
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
A door that opened into a candlelit stone corridor, with stairs leading down into the gloom.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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