How to Use candelabra in a Sentence

candelabra

noun

• Some are shaped like a candelabra, some like a pagoda, and some are tube-shaped.
  — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• Set out the candelabra at dinner time, and you might be tempted to linger longer.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
• A candelabra shared a pink ottoman with a tray of lemonade and berries.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 10 June 2017
• The earliest date the candelabra could have been made is 1904.
  — Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
• The wariest deer in the timber does not wear a candelabra on its head, but a set of donkey ears.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 16 Dec. 2020
• Five lifts: one to move a piano and four for heavy candelabra set dressing.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2017
• Fink rises and lights the virgin white tapers in the candelabras.
  — Rachel Stafler, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2019
• Shelving along the walls is dense with art pieces, antique vases sourced by Graf, and candelabras lit to set the evening mood.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2024
• Rabbi Chaim Schanowitz of the Chabad of Deerfield needed a ladder to light the large nine-branch candelabra.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• On the first evening, one candle is lit in a special candelabra called a menorah or hanukkiyah.
  — CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
• Use silver candelabras and sprinkle in some fake creepy-crawlies to complete the look.
  — Sarah Choi, ELLE Decor, 1 Aug. 2023
• Instead of a singing candelabra, Nivellen has sconces that become ablaze with a wave of his hand.
  — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
• As the story goes, a tiny bit of oil lit the candles in the temple’s candelabra (menorah) for an entire eight nights.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2019
• In front of the mirror, place a bust, floral arrangement, or pair of candelabras. 5.
  — Catie Parrish, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• In each of the two furthest corners of the room is an ebony stand in the shape of a column and bearing a candelabra of very odd design and a pink wax candle.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
• Imagine the drama of lighting an entire candelabra with the push of a button!
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
• The same goes for the red corduroy pillow cover, black candelabra, and the elegant and classic white pie dish.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024
• Think: a simple white LED candelabra; a striking gold plant pot, tealight lantern, and three-tier serving stand; and all sorts of stylish tableware.
  — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 28 Sep. 2018
• Picnics can be as simple as PB&J on a park bench or a full spread with candelabras on a handmade quilt on the lawn at Tanglewood.
  — Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
• Megan scored their dining table for $45 and added the Windsor chairs and a wood candelabra for Colonial flavor.
  — Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2021
• The fiber art was hand-dyed, appliquéd and quilted to form an abstract image of a hanukkiah, the nine-branch candelabra used only at Hanukkah.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022
• The simple additions of a candelabra and a bust wearing a lacy eye mask set a mysterious tone on the bar cart.
  — Lacey Howard and Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2021
• In the dining room, a pair of anemone-like sculptures stands in lieu of candelabra on the vintage table that inspired the design of one in his new line of furniture.
  — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 29 June 2010
• There are lacy bonnets for vegetables, glass knife and fork rests shaped like pieces of hard candy and a candelabra made to hold eggs rather than candles.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2022
• Hanukkah is observed by lighting candles on a nine-branched candelabra called a menorah over eight nights.
  — USA Today, 9 Dec. 2020
• In the dining room, a Louis XVI console is topped with an 18th-century vase; the gilt-bronze candelabra and silver tray are both from the 19th century.
  — Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor, 13 Mar. 2018
• Marked by the lighting of the menorah — a nine-point candelabra with a new flame ignited each night — the holiday is unique in its prayers and traditions.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
• Each cell has one axon (the green tail snaking from the left side of the image), which transmits impulses to the dendrites (the candelabra-like branches) of another.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
• My husband was badly burned when a candelabra fell on his head and instantly engulfed him in flames.
  — Jiji Lee, The New Yorker, 4 June 2019
• The chat stays with me for a night of deep baby-sleep in my cosy tent, lit by a candelabra of tea lights; and over a full Scottish breakfast (English plus haggis and black pudding) after my swim the next day.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024