How to Use firelight in a Sentence

firelight

noun

• The firelight gave the room a warm glow.
• At night, he read by firelight.
• Miriam snaps amid firelight and fog, by dappled water and at the edge of a cold forest.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2021
• The contrast of firelight against ancient adobe is stunning.
  — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 10 Dec. 2025
• At the same time, though, is there anything more romantic than falling in love against a firelight glow?
  — Erinne Magee, The Cut, 6 Oct. 2017
• Stars sparkle in the ceiling, statues of saints gaze from the balcony and wall sconces flicker like firelight.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 May 2018
• Needham and colleagues believe that working by firelight may have been more than just a way to stay out of the dark.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2022
• The average player will return to the firelight hundreds of times.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022
• Their faces are devilish in the firelight, the shadows bringing out the angles, the lines of their cheekbones.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• There were faces lit by firelight, and the heavy smell of wood smoke from burning cedar, from the shingles stacked in Terry’s shed which had been used as kindling.
  — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• Bundled in a heavy coat, hat and fingerless gloves, his daughter Yaroslava, 10, played her flute by firelight.
  — Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• There is no electricity supply or running water, and some sequences unfold by firelight.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
• Jarin [Blaschke] would be using firelight and candlelight and this beautiful moonlight.
  — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
• As the firelight moves different horses are illuminated, giving a sense of dynamism to the art.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2022
• The cake is the centerpiece, its symmetrical lines and buttercream swirls glowing in firelight.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• As darkness came, the expansive distances of Kaokoland were reduced to the intimate circle of firelight.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
• The tunnel’s walls were decorated with pyrite, or fool’s gold, which reflected firelight to create the illusion of a sky dotted with stars.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2021
• People have been telling fantastical tales about the past since, well … most likely long before our ancestors began painting caves with wild beasts that danced in the firelight.
  — Shannon Chakraborty, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• Early humans first discovered this cave system some 5,000 years ago and left behind pictographs made by firelight.
  — Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
• At night, the family plays music together and reads by firelight — leafing through books one page at a time — before bedding down in the communal tepee.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 7 July 2016
• The lighting, for me, was all about creating an ambiance with the moonlight in that environment, and then shaping and modeling it with the warmth of the firelight.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Dec. 2022
• Smoke blew around the crater with weak to moderate pressure and firelight was seen at the peak, indicating that the glowing volcanic material was at a shallow depth.
  — arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
• The Danish and Swedish customers appear to take a Proustian pleasure, all smiles in the flickering firelight.
  — Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
• Windows were already beginning to glow with firelight when Balmer smashed another window and infiltrated the house.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
• At first glance, the photos are remarkably similar—a large crowd gathered around a monument, the scene illuminated by firelight.
  — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2017
• Notes of pink pepper and rum and tobacco leaf absolute round out the sweetly smoky scent, which lends itself to a night of firelight, expertly poured cocktails, and melodious riffs.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
• Working by firelight, these diminutive cave explorers dug shallow graves, sometimes arranging bodies in fetal positions and placing a stone tool near a child’s hand.
  — Byann Gibbons, science.org, 5 June 2023
• Black butterfly chairs by Angelucci 20th Century sit out in the sun around an above-ground fire pit that sets the sculptural stage for a cozy evening by firelight.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
• Set in late eighteenth-century France, the movie traces the growing attraction between the young aristocrat who’s about to marry, and the artist who’s painting her by firelight.
  — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2020
• Seen through the flicker of firelight and fighting, however, are the village musicians, whose fiddles and harmonizing voices rise pure and sweet above the revelry.
  — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024