sconce

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Recent Examples of sconce String fairy lights along the railing, line your steps with lanterns filled with faux candles or add wall sconces beside the door. Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 Refresh Light Fixtures Whether a chandelier, a lantern, a porch light, sconce, pendant, or disco ball, Windex can make any glass light fixture sparkle. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025 More than 700 Murano glass chandeliers and wall sconces are alight once again inside the luxurious halls of Venice’s Hotel Gabrielli. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025 Still, there’s nothing more Hamptons than a sconce like Pooky’s Drake Cordless Wall Fitting. Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sconce
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sconce
Noun
  • The rustic chandelier in the retail store is made of vines.
    Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The five-star hotel recently completed a massive renovation, bringing an even more regal feel to the lobby and other common areas, including a spectacular crystal chandelier that depicts a castle.
    Megan duBois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Admirers can switch between nine lighting modes, including warm white and multicolor hues, as well as flickering and flashing light shows.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The lighting design with hues of pinks, blues, and violet, are impeccable by David Lander, making sure the changes are sharp but not intrusive to the character’s world.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Thomas hid wires from the hanging lanterns by opening up the suspension rope and feeding the electrical line through it, then closing the rope again.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Family and friends honor Sessions’ by gathering on a beach to light lanterns on the anniversary of his death.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The holiday is a major event in India, particularly for followers of Hinduism and Sikhism, and is marked by candle and lamp lighting to symbolize light over darkness and good over evil.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For more of the best fall candle picks from Better Homes & Gardens, check out similar options below.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In February, a man jumped onto the altar and brought down six candelabras, the Catholic News Agency reported.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Candleholders and candelabras instantly create ambient lighting that will warm up your home during the dark evenings.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 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
  • Adding reflective tape to costumes or bags, wearing bright colors and carrying a flashlight or glow stick can help drivers see trick-or-treaters.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The fun continues at night with a pumpkin express light show, bring-your-own-flashlight corn maze, bonfires on Saturday night only and firework shows.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • To survive, universities must reclaim their calling as moral and intellectual lighthouses, standing firm against intimidation, complacency and fear.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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