How to Use firelight in a Sentence

firelight

noun

• The firelight gave the room a warm glow.
• At night, he read by firelight.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The firelight fell on C. as in a Flemish painting, setting her loveliness against the dark.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2022
• 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
• The average player will return to the firelight hundreds of times.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 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
• 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
• 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
• As darkness came, the expansive distances of Kaokoland were reduced to the intimate circle of firelight.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
• 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
• 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
• As the firelight moves different horses are illuminated, giving a sense of dynamism to the art.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2022
• Yeah, the library in the firelight is genuinely terrifying.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 13 Oct. 2022
• 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
• There is no electricity supply or running water, and some sequences unfold by firelight.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
• It is equipped with Casio’s Eco-Drive, which powers the watch using absolutely any available illumination, from sunlight to firelight.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• For the first 25 or so minutes of the play, candles and firelight are virtually the only illumination onstage, creating a gloomy flickering pool of gray light around Scrooge that emphasizes his isolation.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020
• Their works include those at Lascaux, France, which previous researchers have suggested were ‘animated’ by their own interplay with firelight.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2022
• He’s fascinated by ritual, runic mysticism and physical mortification, as well as visual compositions that favor firelight, shadows and bravura camera work.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024