Sentence examples for a candle down from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a candle down" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe the act of lowering a candle or placing it down, but without additional context, it is ambiguous.
Example: "She placed a candle down on the table, illuminating the room with a warm glow."
Alternatives: "set a candle down" or "put a candle down".

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Even the word "miner" carries a recent provenance in Sylvia Plath's "Nick and the Candlestick," whose speaker, carrying a candle down a dark hallway, declares, "I am a miner".

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He, too, is a candle, melting down by the minute.

If it smells like shit but has writing across it that says Happy Birthday and a candle stuck down in it, what is it?

Inhale, touch your belly, do yoga, sit in silence, write, listen to music that moves you, light a candle, lie down -- whatever you can do to be inward.

Akin to tumbling through groves of blooms, you will find yourself settling in on Friday nights with a great flick, popcorn (my ultimate must-chow is Popcorn Indiana's Cheddar) and a candle burning down to the wick.

"I put my little candle down on her little memorial table that had pictures of her and flowers," Stephanie said.

Researching the film, Mr. Schroeder would accompany Mr. Vallejo -- whom he described as "the same as the character in the movie, dressed the same, doing the same things, exactly the same person" -- to church, where the author would buy and light a candle and get down before the Virgin on his knees.

"I don't know whether she lit a candle or sat down with her sacred rattle and called on the spirits to help, but it soon came into my mind to check the organization that used to share space with us," Ms. Wilcken said.

He understands the obligatory scene of a young maiden with a candle walking down a long hall towards a door.

Far grander is the 1738 Amstel House; its artifacts include what must be the world's most ingenious oven timer: a candle burning down the length of a small notched post.

"I just had to come here and put down a candle.

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