How to Use lantern in a Sentence

lantern

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  • 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
  • At night, the space is bathed in the glow of lanterns hung from branches.
    — Emily Young, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The camera recorded the woman steal a lantern from the yard.
    — cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Soon the tents glowed with lantern light and whispered with the sound of kerosene stoves.
    — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Skaters can enjoy the lanterns and lights at the zoo on the Smashville Ice Rink this year.
    — Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • As the train creeps to a stop in the dark, passengers are greeted by the eerie glow of red lanterns.
    — CBS News, 7 Aug. 2019
  • More than 30 vintage stone lanterns were moved out of harm’s way.
    — Emily Young, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
  • Hundreds of lanterns hang from the theater’s rafters as others lie heaped up on the sides of the stage.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Some of the higher-up staff had lanterns, but George Smith was not a higher-up.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • The Pink Champagne Bar, as its name suggests, includes even more of that hue while the main dining room features a black-and-white striped table, caramel banquettes, and papier mache lanterns.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The rail buff may focus on dining car china, lanterns, switch locks and keys, calendars, timetables or any other artifacts utilized by the railroads.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025

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