How to Use kinara in a Sentence

kinara

noun

• The kinara holds seven candles, one black, three red and three green, which represent the people, the struggle and the future.
  — Kendall Trammell, CNN, 26 Dec. 2017
• The kinara holds seven candles, the Mishumaa Saba, which is three red candles on the left, and three green on the right with a black candle in the center that represents the African flag.
  — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2019
• The holidays shimmered with the light of kinaras and menorahs, the reflective sheen of Christmas ornaments, oily pans frying latkes, and the iced tops of homemade cookies.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2017
• The Maplewood mother of five adult children never puts away her kinara, the candelabra that's central to any observance of Kwanzaa.
  — Rohan Preston Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
• Images of a menorah and a kinara were torn down from a cultural celebration bulletin board in Wilson Hall.
  — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• Each day a candle is lit on the kinara with a celebration of a new principle through a variety of activities.
  — Maurice Alcala, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2017
• Each day of the festival is dedicated to a specific principal, marked by lighting a new candle on the kinara, a seven-branched candelabra.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
• Paper flames on this candelabra, known as a kinara, enable little hands to help with the Kwanzaa tradition of lighting a candle daily from December 26 to January 1.
  — Amber Kemp-Gerstel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2021

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