How to Use votive candle in a Sentence

votive candle

noun
Definition of votive candlenext
  • The Ninth Hour is a story with the simple grace of a votive candle in a dark church.
    — Sarah Begley, Time, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Customers pop the trunk just long enough to receive a six-course meal, a votive candle and a long-stem rose.
    — New York Times, 8 May 2020
  • At the foot of the grave there are four votive candles, along with messages, still legible.
    — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
  • Pro Tip: Place votive candles in clear glass containers filled with kosher salt to look like snow.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Paint the pumpkin stems gold to connect them to the garland, then fill in with golden votive candle holders.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022
  • This mini votive candle makes the cutest stocking stuffer.
    — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Choose a large ceramic platter or tray and fill it with pinecones, sprigs of holly berries, and votive candles.
    — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The bundle includes a milk bath, body scrub, and body oil, but the best part is the palo santo votive candle to engage your senses even more.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Go ahead and take this unscented white votive candle, jerks.
    — Kelly Conaboy, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Only use a votive candle to keep chocolate fondue warm at the table.
    — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Though tall candlesticks aren’t the only way Hall likes to bring light to her tables: These stout votive candle holders earned a spot among the garland as well.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Fill each cup with a votive candle, pinecone, sprigs of hypericum berries, or evergreens.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Add red-colored corn syrup to votive candles for a bloody addition to your creepy collection.
    — Mark Addison, Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2018
  • On Thursday, alongside the pool’s 10-foot steel fence, someone had left a white votive candle to remember the boy who two days earlier climbed it just once.
    — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 6 July 2018
  • In a ballroom on the thirty-fourth floor, young men in blazers sat at round white tables with votive candles, scrolling on their phones and swirling cocktails, waiting for dinner to start.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Clusters of gourds mixed with votive candles make the perfect Thanksgiving meal backdrop.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
  • El Patio, just lakeside of the Warehouse District, is a colorful restaurant, with murals of agave plants on the walls and rows of cheeky votive candles lining the entrance.
    — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Just outside the building were dozens of votive candles, and a few large color photographs of Mr. Pagan striking poses in stylish jeans, sneakers, ball caps and, in one, a sweater.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2019
  • Already blackened and sticky with soot, dust, and residue arising from millions of tourists, worshippers, and votive candles, the windows lack the yellow-powder look.
    — Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Accessorize your pumpkin with votive candles in varying shapes and sizes.
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The dining room has the white-cloth look of an earlier era when floors were carpeted, the wait staff wore ties and votive candles flickered romantically.
    — Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Or skip the flowers and set a votive candle (real or battery-operated) in the glass: The warm glow through the amber glass will be a lovely addition to a dining table.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Their Grand Harbour is a spectacle of golden-age drama, glowing at sunset like a votive candle.
    — Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2020
  • Pictured above, girls at the Maggio last year, following the tradition of placing cente (votive candle sculptures) atop the heads of women and girls during the procession.
    — George Stone, National Geographic, 26 May 2020
  • Simply cut a one-inch circle into each pumpkin, scooping out the centers with a tablespoon, and insert votive candles.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • When guests first entered, a large floral arrangement of white flowers was surrounded by votive candles of varying heights.
    — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 31 Dec. 2017
  • A half-dozen small bud vases holding single stems marching down the table is an elegant and easy look. Don’t overthink it; sometimes just a cluster of votive candles around the table can be enough.
    — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Others leave flowers and votive candles at a colorful, makeshift altar.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Instead, a dining room with linen tablecloths and napkins (who does that anymore?), bouquets of flowers, votive candles, and decorative lights reflected in the dark glass.
    — Naomi Kooker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Illuminated by warm yellow votive candles and surrounded by white roses, daisies and sunflowers, the vigil attendees sang a series of prayers to God and the Virgin Mary.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024

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