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Discover LudwigThe phrase "lighting a candle" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe the action of igniting a candle by using a flame or other source of fire. Example: As the sun began to set, the room grew dark and she reached for the matches to light a candle on the windowsill.
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Lighting a candle?
"I saw you lighting a candle.
That's cursing the darkness, as opposed to lighting a candle.
She was lighting a candle, and seemed inconsolable.
Lighting a candle is an act that defies articulation.
I bet he suggests lighting a candle for the sadly infected.
"Think of it as lighting a candle for the 6,000 missing".
Adherents pay reverence to a tablet of Okhwang every morning and evening by offering fresh water, burning incense, lighting a candle, and bowing four times.
She left after only a few minutes, after lighting a candle and holding her hands together in prayer, and without speaking to the crowd.
Jews commemorate the anniversary of a person's death, the yahrzeit, by lighting a candle or a ceremonial light bulb and reciting the mourner's Kaddish during daily prayers.
Ms. Dikshit, a diminutive 74-year-old, stayed only a few minutes, lighting a candle and holding her hands together in prayer.
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