How to Use candle in a Sentence

candle

noun
  • Then roll your own beeswax candle to take home.
    — Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • One lights a candle at the edge of the pit.
    — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Let the tray cool and then peel off the candles.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Wolfer makes two types of beeswax candles.
    — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Hop on the candle warmer trend with this cute find.
    — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Both cozy candles are made with a soy wax blend.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There were candles in the kitchen and piles of plates.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Cue the candles, white noise, and movie marathon.
    — Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Age isn’t just the number of candles on a cake.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
  • Stuntmen who burn the candle at both ends.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Light the way to your front door with a fall candle display.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Or not even a fire, maybe just protect their candle.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Use it to hold candles, books or bath products.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Thousands march across the bridge to light candles and pray.
    — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The bathroom was dark, lit low with candles.
    — Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a candle in the room where his father was found.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Pour melted candle wax over the lint.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 3 Feb. 2026
  • For starters, candles that subtly smell like the sea and surf.
    — Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That is, unless your candles come with hearts on them.
    — Nomita Vaish-Taylor, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
  • No word yet on whether there will be a cake with 80 candles.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Light a red, purple, gold, or black candle.
    — Glamour, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This cal is every candle lover’s dream.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There were candles to tint the feelings.
    — Sandra Lim, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
  • Keep candles away from children and pets.
    — Staff Author, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t get me wrong — if crystals and candles work for you, that’s swell.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • What are the best flameless candles?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Shipping is $5 or free with two or more candles.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Turn on your playlist, dim the lights, light a candle, roll the shoulders back.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
  • She’s made up her face to look like a skull and holds a candle under her chin.
    — Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Made from a soy wax blend, this candle has a burn time of up to 40 hours.
    — Tim Chan, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023

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