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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121. They sat round his candle, waiting for him, with the open box in front of them.
122. Back in the twenties, the Millay sisters were known in New York society for burning the candle at both ends.
123. Then blindfold them and invite them to take four steps backwards followed by four forward before trying to blow out the candle.
124. Yes, in that they do not go out like a candle on death; so far natural justice is satisfied.
125. Sun gives light; torch gives light, candle gives light; smiling gives light. Mehmet Murat ildan
126. I can find my way up in the dark, or fetch a candle from the kitchen cupboard for myself.
127. Then, picking up his tomahawk, he blows out the candle and springs into bed.
128. Mike blew his candle out, and I did the same.
129. Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. Anne Frank
130. With a sigh, Connor shut the door and bolted it, then blew out the candle and went upstairs.
131. He placed the lamp and the guttering candle in its holder on a low table in the centre of the floor.
132. Carry your bag by yourself; carry your umbrella by yourself; open your door by yourself; light your own candle! Do your job by yourself! Don't use others! Don't behave like a king, don’t behave like a queen! Be humble! Mehmet Murat ildan
133. They are a bulwark against that dark night: the candle that protected us in childhood.
134. Generally it's not worth the candle to try and dodge the revenue authorities.
135. I stopped suddenly, the rage, like a candle flame, snuffed out.
136. A votive candle is placed on the dozen or so tables, part of the ritual of late afternoon tea.
137. The braziers had not been moved, the fire was dead, the candle had spluttered out.
138. He kept a candle burning in each room, unfinished manuscript on every desk.
139. But Fagin sat silently by a dead fire, staring at the flame of a candle on the table beside him.
140. She supposed she must have risen at some point to light a candle on the mantlepiece.
141. Last month we were able to borrow a votive candle stand, which stands in the Lady Chapel area.
142. Blobs of wax had dripped from the candle onto the table cloth.
143. Presumably, this is what moths are doing when they fly into a candle and are burnt to death.
144. You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, "See if you can blow this out". Jerry Seinfeld
145. Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha
146. He took out the tinderbox and the candle.
147. An electric lamp is brighter than a candle.
147. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!
148. Do not allow a candle to burn down completely.
149. I am about to blow out my candle.
150. The candle is the basic unit of luminosity.
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.