Thesaurus results for LANTERN

lantern

noun

as in candle

a device that provides light and that usually has a glass covering and can be carried by a handle carried a lantern to the barn

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Recent Examples of lantern The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 Wildly pretty during the day when the harsh Puglian sun hits the mellow tufu limestone buildings and the shocking bright bougainvillea, and even lovelier at night when the entire place is lit by citronella lanterns, smoking into the warm air. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 On the evening of the full moon in the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar — usually November — thousands of lanterns are released across the city. —

Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026 Visitors and locals light paper lanterns and send them aloft together, turning the night sky over northern Thailand into a slow-moving constellation of fire. —

Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lantern

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Noun

Leo lit a candle and prayed at the tomb of Gaudí in the basilica’s crypt before the service, the highlight of Leo’s weeklong visit to Spain.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Without that step, even the most expensive candle is essentially fighting last night’s dinner.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026