sconce

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Recent Examples of sconce Smaller accessories like handmade sconces adorn the walls, demonstrating the duo’s flair for ornamental detail and ultra refined taste. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025 Peterman suggests layering your porch lighting by installing a mix of sconces and lanterns if possible. Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025 The train evoked a sort of Gilded Age, with paneled walls, brass sconces and Italian marble tiles. Lee-Ann Olwage, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 Ornate brass sconces awaken the moody backsplash, while the neutral marble and wood vanity counter keeps the space from looking too stark or unapproachable. 43. Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sconce
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Noun
  • One man even narrowly escapes being crushed by a chandelier!
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 8 May 2025
  • Her all-white dressing room is complete with multiple mirrors, a vanity filled with beauty products, warm lighting from sconces, and a large chandelier.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s a marble bench, where most of the play’s action occurs, and the gorgeous lighting design by Masha Tsimring, along with elements like rain, snow, mist and fog, offer a sense of time passing.
    Chad Jones, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
  • In other words, skip the elaborate smart lighting systems and choose affordable LED bulbs and fixtures that do the job just as well.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Meet three Executive Challengers who proudly carry their lanterns and learn how their fundraising drives real impact.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • More to Explore How to Play Baseball in the 1920s Swing for the bleachers with these awesome lantern slides from the early years of professional baseball.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Legend has it that children bid farewell by standing on the riverbank with candles to light the way.
    Edwin Goei, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • The 49-year-old recounted that Combs would often request Oddi wear a police officer costume and that the atmosphere included dim lights and candles.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The bureau also invites the public to provide anonymous tip-offs via its National Stolen Art File, a database containing thousands of missing paintings, sculptures and artifacts with cultural value, from candelabras to ceramics.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
  • From the candelabras to the pieces of furniture, Visconti’s collections are distinguished by cast-bronze and by furniture and objects that take their inspiration from organic forms and are sometimes even sculpted with pieces the designer herself collects in nature.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Jewish Festival of Lights, observed for eight days and coinciding with Christmas Day this year, includes the lighting of candles on a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah and eating traditional foods, such as latkes.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
  • By creating casts of the negative spaces left behind, archaeologists were able to reconstruct the furniture inside the room: a wooden bed, a stool, a chest, a bronze candelabrum and a table that once held bronze, glass and ceramic objects.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Underneath a town in Spain, a team of researchers shined their flashlights around an ancient Roman mine and waded through the knee-deep water.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
  • The sturdy Helinox Chair One snaps together in seconds and easily packs up small, while still sporting pockets for drinks or flashlights.
    Danielle Hallock, AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Corridors are lined with lighthouse images leading to the cabins, ranging from a luxury suite with access to the deck, a duplex cabin with comfortable living space, or the gorgeous Skerryvore Suite with extensive outdoor space to relax and entertain. 5.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In Robert Eggers' period psychological thriller, Dafoe is a salty and kooky lighthouse keeper who mentors a young rookie (Robert Pattinson), and even nonstop drinking can't stop severe isolation from taking hold of the newbie.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025

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