How to Use candelabrum in a Sentence

candelabrum

noun

• Kubitschek put a few new candles in the candelabrum, pressing them into the molten red wax of the old ones.
  — James Angelos, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
• The menorah, a candelabrum used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, was made of glass and burned oil.
  — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
• Well, why not start with the basics: a menorah, the candelabrum that holds eight candles, one for each night of the Jewish holiday.
  — Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2017
• Detail is everything in this entry, right down to the pipe-cleaner candelabra.
  — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2017
• Each rosette features a single, tall candelabrum of stout, poker-style flowers that bloom red orange.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021
• Each rosette features a single, tall candelabrum of stout, poker-style flowers that bloom red-orange.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• The air reeks of marijuana and beer as people climb up onto tables to dance and light their cigarettes on the candelabra chandeliers.
  — Kristin Corpuz, Billboard, 29 May 2017
• To set the séance mood, a grapefruit-and-cucumber Tocca candle scented the air, as a candelabrum flickered dramatically on the piano.
  — Ben Widdicombe, New York Times, 24 June 2017
• A spiraling, five-armed bronze candelabra on display could be a masterful Scandinavian work from the 1960s.
  — Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2017
• In commemoration, Jews celebrate Chanukah for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabrum known as a menorah.
  — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• The dishware pyramid is topped by a twirly candle-holder meant to put you in mind of Kevin Lima’s snappy design for Lumière, the movie’s chief of the household staff who has been transformed into a lively candelabrum by a cruel enchantress.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• The exhibition includes fine examples of Verrocchio’s metalwork (an agate vase with silver mountings and a magnificent bronze candelabrum) and a roomful of drawings, which is an impressive assemblage given the paucity of his drawings.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019

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