How to Use votive candle in a Sentence

votive candle

noun

• The Ninth Hour is a story with the simple grace of a votive candle in a dark church.
  — Sarah Begley, Time, 21 Sep. 2017
• Customers pop the trunk just long enough to receive a six-course meal, a votive candle and a long-stem rose.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2020
• At the foot of the grave there are four votive candles, along with messages, still legible.
  — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
• Pro Tip: Place votive candles in clear glass containers filled with kosher salt to look like snow.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2017
• Dozens of votive candles and flower bouquets lined the sidewalk where Berry was killed.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Paint the pumpkin stems gold to connect them to the garland, then fill in with golden votive candle holders.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022
• This mini votive candle makes the cutest stocking stuffer.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2022
• Choose a large ceramic platter or tray and fill it with pinecones, sprigs of holly berries, and votive candles.
  — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
• The bundle includes a milk bath, body scrub, and body oil, but the best part is the palo santo votive candle to engage your senses even more.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 2 Dec. 2022
• Go ahead and take this unscented white votive candle, jerks.
  — Kelly Conaboy, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2023
• Only use a votive candle to keep chocolate fondue warm at the table.
  — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Though tall candlesticks aren’t the only way Hall likes to bring light to her tables: These stout votive candle holders earned a spot among the garland as well.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• Fill each cup with a votive candle, pinecone, sprigs of hypericum berries, or evergreens.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022
• Add red-colored corn syrup to votive candles for a bloody addition to your creepy collection.
  — Mark Addison, Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2018
• On Thursday, alongside the pool’s 10-foot steel fence, someone had left a white votive candle to remember the boy who two days earlier climbed it just once.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 6 July 2018
• In a ballroom on the thirty-fourth floor, young men in blazers sat at round white tables with votive candles, scrolling on their phones and swirling cocktails, waiting for dinner to start.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Bouley was a very beautiful restaurant, softly lighted with votive candles and smelling of ripe apples piled in baskets in the foyer.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• Clusters of gourds mixed with votive candles make the perfect Thanksgiving meal backdrop.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• El Patio, just lakeside of the Warehouse District, is a colorful restaurant, with murals of agave plants on the walls and rows of cheeky votive candles lining the entrance.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• Just outside the building were dozens of votive candles, and a few large color photographs of Mr. Pagan striking poses in stylish jeans, sneakers, ball caps and, in one, a sweater.
  — New York Times, 30 July 2019
• Already blackened and sticky with soot, dust, and residue arising from millions of tourists, worshippers, and votive candles, the windows lack the yellow-powder look.
  — Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020
• Accessorize your pumpkin with votive candles in varying shapes and sizes.
  — Micaela English, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2017
• Among the memorial’s flowers and votive candles, friends also left behind a soccer ball.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• The dining room has the white-cloth look of an earlier era when floors were carpeted, the wait staff wore ties and votive candles flickered romantically.
  — Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• Or skip the flowers and set a votive candle (real or battery-operated) in the glass: The warm glow through the amber glass will be a lovely addition to a dining table.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
• Their Grand Harbour is a spectacle of golden-age drama, glowing at sunset like a votive candle.
  — Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2020
• Pictured above, girls at the Maggio last year, following the tradition of placing cente (votive candle sculptures) atop the heads of women and girls during the procession.
  — George Stone, National Geographic, 26 May 2020
• Simply cut a one-inch circle into each pumpkin, scooping out the centers with a tablespoon, and insert votive candles.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
• When guests first entered, a large floral arrangement of white flowers was surrounded by votive candles of varying heights.
  — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 31 Dec. 2017
• A half-dozen small bud vases holding single stems marching down the table is an elegant and easy look. Don’t overthink it; sometimes just a cluster of votive candles around the table can be enough.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024