How to Use votive in a Sentence

votive

1 of 2 adjective

• The fire is believed to have started in the vestibule, near votive candles, Breen said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• The lights dimmed, and a waitress made her away around the room placing votive holders on the tables.
  — Aaron Hicklin, New York Times, 27 July 2019
• This set features three votive candles in dark rum, leather, and cannabis.
  — Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2021
• Keep in mind that the glass votive holders shown in the photo aren’t included, though.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2022
• The advocates chanted and lit a row of votive candles in the empty street.
  — Curbed, 11 May 2022
• The seeds would sprout and the figures would be dried in the sun, wrapped in linen and placed on the waterway in votive barques guided to Canopus.
  — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
• Dress them up with votive candles and tea lights ($7, Target).
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022
• At five o’clock the Stars and Stripes was lowered to half-mast for five days while 500 votive candles flickered on the steps of the South Portico.
  — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
• For a warm touch but votive candles in sparkly gold glass holders.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
• Dress up any room—or tabletop—with a vintage tin votive tray or cupcake pan.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022
• The mourners taped a photos of the woman and her children to the back of black plastic chairs and spelled her name out on the sidewalk with small votive candles.
  — Katie Mettler, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2017
• The Rosary is prayed each evening at 6 p.m.; votive candles are available and prayer requests may be written throughout the Feast.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2017
• To illuminate your jack-o’-lantern, place a tea-light candle in a glass votive holder and set it in the bottom of the pumpkin.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
• Light from votive candles will make the silver glasses sparkle.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 17 Sep. 2021
• All six of the new Yuletide scents start at just $2 and come in various sizes from tiny tea lights and votive lights to pillar candles and large jars.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2018
• Across the empty nave was a small village of votive candles, lit by the living to remember their dead.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2017
• These days, votive and jar candles are all the rage, but there’s something to be said for classic taper candles.
  — Jennifer Blair, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• Courtesy of Pottery Barn Add a warm glow to your home with a set of colorful votive candles.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2020
• Two months after Cano was shot twice in the back by a police officer in the same park, the votive candles framing his picture are still lit.
  — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
• It is surrounded by some of her favorite red and white roses, and votive candles.
  — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2020
• But since all three are flammable, don't put a candle inside your pumpkin — use a flameless votive instead.
  — Madison Alcedo, Woman's Day, 8 Oct. 2020
• All over the city, people hung Mylar balloons on telephone poles and lined the sidewalk with votive candles, makeshift shrines for victims.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2020
• Drop them in a votive holder of your choice—metallics, patterns, and warm colors give off a light shadow when alight—and place them around a room for romantic mood lighting.
  — Kaitlin Clark, Curbed, 23 July 2018
• Add red-colored corn syrup to votive candles for a bloody addition to your creepy collection.
  — Mark Addison, Seventeen, 10 July 2017
• A second vigil was held at Bayfront Park, where more than 300 people came together to burn votive candles.
  — Alexandria Bordas, miamiherald, 14 Aug. 2017
• There are but five tables, double-draped with thick tablecloths and topped with votive candles beneath opaque stenciled domes.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017
• On Wednesday, about 20 of Luna’s family members and friends returned to the spot, huddling over a makeshift memorial of votive candles arranged in the shape of a heart.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
• There are stark critiques of how companies like Amazon and a maker of votive candles handled safety concerns as the storms bore down.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021
• It's handpoured in a sleek, hunter green glass votive, and wrapped in chic burgundy, orange and mustard yellow packaging with a matching green velvet ribbon.
  — Megan Stein, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
• Above ground, the town has picturesque Baroque palazzos, main piazzas, chapels, votive columns, courtyards and winding alleyways.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022

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votive

2 of 2 noun

• Top the votive with a valentine-theme paper cupcake liner, and tie in place with colored string.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• The steep stairs prove a challenge for some diners, the lighting requires you to use your votive as a flashlight to read the menu, and the hard surfaces mean repeating yourself in the din.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• Add three narrow pillar candles and/or votives, use it as a stand for bowls on a buffet, or simply add a sweet bird’s nest found on a hike, and place it on a stack of books.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• Pro tip: Bring your tea light votives to the next level by wrapping them in black lace as a contemporary take on witchy black flame candles.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 June 2023
• Fresh eucalyptus plays off the muted tones of these faux fall gourds while copper votives and chargers bring in a touch of shine for formal dinner.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Don’t just use a few tapered candles; mix them with tealights, votives, and pillars of varying sizes, then incorporate them around a room.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
• Elegant votives scattered amongst a faux boxwood garland make the whole arrangement feel homey and cozy.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Knotty wood paneling punctuates the soaring brick walls, and amber votives cast a warm glow.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Then, in 2020 during a surprise video appearance for America's Got Talent, a peek inside her home revealed the fresh and floral Tubéreuse votive was her candle of choice.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2022
• Entrees arriving on the heels of appetizers, sometimes forcing diners to gobble their first courses to make way for mains on tables that are invariably crowded with glasses, flowers and votives.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• The dungeon fantasia is a conjuring of tall flickering votives, piped-in monk-ish chanting and — most germane — an exhaustive mélange of torture devices, often paired with mannequins contorted in extreme distress, to really tie the rooms together.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
• Top the votive with a valentine-theme paper cupcake liner, and tie in place with colored string.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• The steep stairs prove a challenge for some diners, the lighting requires you to use your votive as a flashlight to read the menu, and the hard surfaces mean repeating yourself in the din.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• Add three narrow pillar candles and/or votives, use it as a stand for bowls on a buffet, or simply add a sweet bird’s nest found on a hike, and place it on a stack of books.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• Pro tip: Bring your tea light votives to the next level by wrapping them in black lace as a contemporary take on witchy black flame candles.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 June 2023
• Fresh eucalyptus plays off the muted tones of these faux fall gourds while copper votives and chargers bring in a touch of shine for formal dinner.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Don’t just use a few tapered candles; mix them with tealights, votives, and pillars of varying sizes, then incorporate them around a room.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
• Elegant votives scattered amongst a faux boxwood garland make the whole arrangement feel homey and cozy.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Knotty wood paneling punctuates the soaring brick walls, and amber votives cast a warm glow.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Then, in 2020 during a surprise video appearance for America's Got Talent, a peek inside her home revealed the fresh and floral Tubéreuse votive was her candle of choice.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2022
• Entrees arriving on the heels of appetizers, sometimes forcing diners to gobble their first courses to make way for mains on tables that are invariably crowded with glasses, flowers and votives.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• The dungeon fantasia is a conjuring of tall flickering votives, piped-in monk-ish chanting and — most germane — an exhaustive mélange of torture devices, often paired with mannequins contorted in extreme distress, to really tie the rooms together.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024