Sentence examples for roman candle from inspiring English sources
noun
A type of firework, with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of "stars" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time.
Death by roman candle and Roman meddling.
Boom! Boom! went the Roman Candle.
Roman Candle and Thad Cockrell share both bills.
Mugabe, especially, just blew up like a Roman candle".
In conversation, LoBaido effervesces like a Roman candle.
"This is a sophisticated Roman candle of a book," The Christian Science Monitor said.
On reviews containing the adjective "luminous": "I prefer books that go off like a Roman candle".
But, food-wise, it was all that and more – the full Roman candle.
After sundown, a Roman candle exploded in the sky, and hundreds of villagers began their pilgrimage.
But a Roman candle of a racecar only helps a little at Pocono Raceway.
Where Dean lit up like a roman candle, Landau sat on the shelf, gently maturing.
