Synonym: candela, cd, standard candle, taper, wax light. Similar words: handle, kindle, bundle, swindle, kindled, endless, dwindle, spindle. Meaning: ['kændl] n. 1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle 2. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin. v. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light.
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91. I bought a candle out of necessity.
92. The finished pumpkin with a lit candle inside.
93. Often she fell asleep with the candle still alight.
94. Light bulbs, shaped like tiny candle flames, flicker.
95. He blew out the candle and went to sleep.
96. He blew our the candle and locked the door.
97. The game wasn't worth the candle.
98. Then he walks back through the door, and reappears with a lit candle propped on a saucer.
99. It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. Confucius
100. If you devote yourself to God, then He in turn will continually stay with you, as an eternal candle flame stays with a wick, feeding off the overflow of wax; yet reshaping into something better. Anthony Liccione
101. Their faces are illuminated by the candle on the center of the table.
102. They would sit in the lavatories and brew up tea in a can by holding a candle underneath.
103. A new candle was placed on the altar as I stood at the door.
104. Davy had found a way to burn a candle in a methane-rich atmosphere.
105. The candle flickered briefly, then burned with a steady flame.
106. A third candle was ambivalence, and usually takes the form of two women who are close allies and rivals.
107. I played with the dumpy stem of the brandy glass, smirking at Ashley through the candle flame.
108. They all agreed and adjourned the meeting just as the candle was burning out.
109. He could smell above the all-pervading redolence of incense, the faint acrid smoke of the candle.
110. Last night's jam-jars, with their stubs of candle, had been knocked over.
111. She put on her robe, lit the candle and went on tip-toe down the back stairs and into the kitchen.
112. In each case a different meaning is attached to the act of lighting a candle.
113. The poor boys, innocent boys, the fragile flame of life snuffed out suddenly and so much candle left!
114. Soon he lights a candle, opens a bag and stuffs the New Zealand head into it.
115. She holds the adventurers at bay by holding the scroll over a candle flame and threatening to destroy it.
116. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. William Shakespeare
117. They sat in a dark room,(http://sentencedict.com/candle.html) the only light coming from a candle burning in the passage outside.
118. Quickly she drew back, for it was like touching a candle, burning her.
119. There was only one candle in place, stuck upright like a pale wax finger, and this had never been lit.
120. Even heads who do not share this cartel mentality may find that aggressive expansion is not worth the candle.
More similar words: handle, kindle, bundle, swindle, kindled, endless, dwindle, spindle, bundle up, manhandle, handlebar, a bundle of, burn the candle at both ends, landlord, spindly, friendly, by and large, dwindling, high and low, unfriendly, profoundly, idle, addle, sidle, peddle, poodle, paddle, meddle, puddle, saddle.