Sentence examples for candle up from inspiring English sources
A choirboy holds a candle up to his hymns but we only see the tip of the flame above a book that's as black as night.
When Casteret held his candle up to its walls, the flame flickered over engravings of mammoths, bison, hyenas, and other prehistoric beasts — the remains of a religious sanctuary some twenty thousand years old.
At the same time, we must do everything we can to hold the candle up to the Liberals in office and not allow them to roll government back into the shadows.
A friend and I once had such a long and tedious discussion about whether Bramhall is in Manchester that the other mate we were with got so fed up with it he picked the candle up off the table in the pub and poured the wax over our arms to shut us up.
Easton City Council President Henry Schultz commended the idea, but said it was not within the authority of the council and that it would be "physically impossible" to keep the candle up all year.
Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Oleta Adams, Nancy Wilson and countless others have discovered their own personal styles, becoming vessels of prayer as the song flows through, teaching us with their passion and, if nothing else, holding a candle up to their own pain.
Put candles up on this day to guide good spirits home.
Light some candles up or drop petals into your bath to set the mood.
a long Roman candle going up over the trees, up, up, and, in the tense hush, they were all breathless with excitement as it went higher and higher..
A votive candle lit up a wall; in her post-party haze, she didn't even notice until the following morning.
