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Examples of candlelight in a Sentence
at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll
Recent Examples of candlelight from the Web
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Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil in his memory held the day after his body was found.
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On Wednesday, a candlelight vigil was held by classmates at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York, where Wall studied.
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A candlelight vigil will begin at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26.
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Southwest Suburban Activists (find it on Facebook) also held a candlelight vigil in Frankfort's Breidert Park the day after Heyer was killed.
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About 70 people held a candlelight vigil in El Cajon Saturday night to show solidarity against the violence at a Virginia white supremacy rally that left one counter-protester dead and many others injured earlier in the day.
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There was a candlelight ceremony Saturday night in the alley where Betts and her son was shot the day before, in the 5200 block of West Kamerling Avenue.
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In Hong Kong, thousands of Liu’s supporters and activists attended a candlelight vigil Saturday to mourn his death.
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About 100 people gathered at Second Baptist Church on Saturday night for a candlelight vigil, seeking healing for those injured, and the community.
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First Known Use of candlelight
before 12th century
candlelight Synonyms
Synonyms
black, blackness, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbraAntonyms
blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightnessRelated Words
midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness (also dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-lightNear Antonyms
moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousnessCANDLELIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
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