candlelit
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of candlelit
Example Sentences
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Ahead of the ceremony, she warmed Manchester up with a radiant, candlelit charity gig at the city's Albert Hall venue on Thursday.
From BBC
I walked around The Village, glancing through candlelit windows where families ate their suppers or children were snuggling in their beds.
From Literature
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And once it expanded to 17 regular-season games in 2021, it became inevitable that people would have to decide between bone-crushing hits and candlelit dinners—that extra game pushed the Super Bowl into the second week of February.
Candlelit romance isn’t on the menu—cooking, in fact, turns out to be Colin’s job, as does cleaning Ray’s house, and when Ray determines it’s time to sleep he points Colin to a spot on the bedroom floor.
Maya-Jade and the boy caught each other’s eye over the candlelit table.
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