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Examples of Chinese lantern in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The flowers are followed by papery fruit that resemble Chinese lanterns.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
The town of Cary partnered with Tianyu Arts & Culture, Inc, one of North America’s largest Chinese lantern festival producers, which has run 62 light festivals across the U.S. in 32 cities, attracting 4.5 million visitors.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
For a more sculptural look, try dried poppy or Chinese lantern seed heads.
—Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
Tanya Orellana’s ebullient set places the heritage theme front and center: Beneath dangling Chinese lanterns stands the aforementioned door — actually, double doors, aged and weathered red, their style suggesting vintage Chinese architecture.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
The sight of flickering candles and Chinese lanterns signaled something was up.
—Karen Schneider, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
Here, Sugar & Charm styled a bouquet packed with seasonal orange and deep purple dahlias, fall grasses, and pumpkin-esque Chinese lanterns for a scene that's less trick, more treat.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
My tomatoes will seem to glow from within, radiant like Chinese lanterns.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
Sister Rosalynn Dzikonski, 90, worked on assembling the silver dollar ornaments, in which the delicate seedpods were glued together and the seedpod of a Chinese lantern was added to the middle.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near Chinese lantern
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“Chinese lantern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinese%20lantern. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
Chinese lantern
noun
: a collapsible nearly transparent covering for a light
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