The phrase "a few lanterns" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a small number of lanterns, typically in a descriptive context.
Example: "For the evening picnic, we brought a few lanterns to light up the area."
Alternatives: "several lanterns" or "a couple of lanterns."
Only a few paper lanterns on aluminum poles mark the start of a winding series of stone stairs that seem to go off the side of the cliff.
It had low ceilings, a few brass lanterns, compasses and other nautical items left by his great aunt and uncle, and one redeeming feature: out back, the lawn sloped to a fringe of cattails and an estuary flowing into Noyack Bay, the kind of scene you might expect behind a Nantucket saltbox.
Light a few orange paper lanterns and drape them all over the house.
Colonial houses look bare if not adorned with a few jack-o-lanterns and children suddenly crave over-salted, sometimes burnt pumpkin seeds.
Less-savvy patients would pick the physician with the fewest lanterns.
When the two men died a few months ago the lantern world lost, almost simultaneously, two of its greatest ambassadors.
In truth there's not much evidence of Ben, unless it's the oversize lanterns and a few straight- back chairs in the deliberately underfurnished lobby.
On a recent visit, Taylor admires "Vesuvius clear of clouds, the lanterns of a few fishing boats flickering in the harbor, some scraps of song floating up from Mergellina, and Capri's lights dimly visible at the vanishing point".
This is another way to feel a connection to your fellow festie-goer as it takes more than a few people to get a lantern lit and launched into the sky.
Some standalone devices incorporate a few functions, such as a lantern, radio, and cell-phone charging outlet.
