How to Use lantern in a Sentence
lantern
noun-
Set the mood—and keep them safe—with a line of lanterns.
— Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 11 Apr. 2023 -
The lantern gallery's guard rail is black with a red handrail.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023 -
The sun goes down and the red and white lanterns look so pretty.
— R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Above him, dozens of straw lanterns glow and hang from the ceiling.
— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023 -
The scene: Eva, ahem, receives amid the glow of an oil lantern.
— Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2022 -
The camera recorded the woman steal a lantern from the yard.
— cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Each tent comes with a USB charging pack and lanterns for the evenings.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023 -
Learn how to make your own lantern from a glass jar or buy a $10 kit.
— Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021 -
Those three lines at the bottom move outside of the reach of your lantern.
— Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022 -
Each yurt comes equipped with bunk beds, a cook stove, a lantern, and a wood stove for warmth.
— J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 26 Jan. 2022 -
Fill out the front steps with black lanterns, pumpkins, and urns filled with mums.
— Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023 -
The paper lantern, as if on cue, falls onto the cake and flames dance around it.
— Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 12 May 2021 -
The lovers haunt the pond even now, Bear said solemnly, then stood with the lantern and left the children to put out the fire and camp in the boathouse alone.
— Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The halting speech of wide-eyed, lantern-jawed Fenet is startling.
— Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2020 -
Use them in lanterns or lined up against a window for a warm and rustic feel.
— Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023 -
Easy to pack and store, the lantern is collapsible and lightweight.
— Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 27 Feb. 2022 -
Lined up, the 250ml bottles are lanterns, jewel-bright.
— Lottie Hazell, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023 -
The Hay paper lantern plays on the midcentury theme of the house.
— Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2024 -
The blue lantern goes out, and one of the soldiers lights a fire lantern, attracting the Volcra.
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2021 -
Crews have removed the 92-year-old lantern room from the top of the nation’s 11th oldest lighthouse.
— Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Fill in with plain orange pumpkins and lanterns filled with small gourds.
— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Family and friends lit the candles and placed them in cups that served as makeshift lanterns.
— Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The 2020 Bears, in what seemed to be set up as a prove-it-or-else season, awkwardly kicked over the lantern in the barn.
— Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 -
Marchand, 22, then walked toward the Louvre with the lantern.
— Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024 -
Green antique French lanterns (janetwiebeantiques.com) lend patina and color to the new kitchen.
— Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 10 May 2023 -
How to get the look: Idiosyncratic art, bistro glasses, a trad lantern.
— Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Munchkin with other ducks, or poking her head out of a Jack-o-lantern.
— BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021 -
This rustic lantern stands at nearly 2-feet tall and comes in two shades: black and dark green.
— Josh Grant, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2020 -
About one hundred lanterns drifted on the dark waters of the lake, some with special messages written on the paper shade.
— Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Amazon sells water-resistant lanterns that offer 200 hours of light when on low.
— Christopher Murray, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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