sconce

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Recent Examples of sconce And along the back wall is a two-tone wood sideboard from the 1950s, flanked by quirky wall sconces by ceramist Johanna de Clisson, with metal loops that resemble nose rings. Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2025 The sconces were included in the show Outside/In, organized by Hello Human and Lyle Gallery, and are available on soft-geometry. Curbed Editors, Curbed, 5 June 2025 Chez Foushee complements its muted green walls with sconces that cast a soft upward glow. Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 June 2025 Spruce up your curb appeal instantly with this stylish and super affordable lantern sconce. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sconce
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sconce
Noun
  • Its rooms and residences blend the building’s Art Deco aesthetic (terrazzo floors, crystal chandeliers) with modern comforts.
    Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • One of the new additions to the lobby is a replica of a 1925 chandelier, recreated by artisans from photos that were discovered of the original ornate light fixture.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Let your lighting set the mood for any fall get-together with this easy craft idea.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Matthew Novotny designed lighting, Alina Bokovikova designed costumes and Aaron Rumley designed sound.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Place the candle securely in the holder inside the pumpkin before lighting it.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As the sun started setting and the evening grew darker, mourners passed around candles, using one candle to light another, and the crowd began singing prayers.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Candleholders and a modern candelabra lamp that reinterpret the Swedish tradition of lighting windows during the darker months.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ensconced in a historic palazzo in the city’s San Frediano neighborhood—long a haven for artisans—Moleria Locchi earned its reputation in the 1800s for painstakingly restoring glass and crystal treasures ranging from antique goblets to Murano candelabras.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Jewish Festival of Lights, observed for eight days and coinciding with Christmas Day this year, includes the lighting of candles on a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah and eating traditional foods, such as latkes.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
  • By creating casts of the negative spaces left behind, archaeologists were able to reconstruct the furniture inside the room: a wooden bed, a stool, a chest, a bronze candelabrum and a table that once held bronze, glass and ceramic objects.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The sun was getting ready to rise over a rural lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, when a sheriff's deputy shined his flashlight inside Ryan Borgwardt's minivan parked just yards away from the water's edge.
    Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Another shopper mentioned using one as a magnetic flashlight during car repairs, snapping to metal on the car’s chassis for hands-free illumination right where it’s needed.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The swim benefits the lighthouse’s ongoing preservation.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Just as a lighthouse’s beam testifies to the presence of otherwise-invisible cliffs on a dark night, the stars that move around these dark celestial bodies would reveal their existence.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025

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