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How to use candlestick in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, verb

Candlestick means a holder with a socket or spike for a candle. Example: “The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.”

Examples of candlestick by meaning

nounThe central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.

  • The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.1930, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Grosset & Dunlap, page 20

verbTo catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.

  • Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.1998, Sandler Stanley, Segregated Skies, page 104
  • Others with chutes aflame candlesticked into the sea.2013, Rick Atkinson, The Liberation

verbTo analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.

  • The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”2003, Cynthia Pirl, Intentional Investing
  • Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true.2014, Sarah Graves, Wreck the Halls

verbTo adorn with candlesticks.

  • The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office.1962, John Wilson, The Faith of an Artist, page 71

verbTo form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.

  • If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick."1957, The American Rose Annual - Volume 42, page 50
  • Initially, the end of the shaft is ragged, but then begins to taper smoothly, exhibiting the "candlesticking" or "pencilling" referred to in the literature (Fig. 13).1976, Journal of the American Podiatry Association
  • Caught there on a candlesticked overhang of ice, Quaid turned to peer down at his buddy.1991, Renee Roszel, Valentine's Knight, page 192

More sentences with candlestick

  • We might not have had that much to pinch, but they'd still have your brass candlesticks off the mantelpiece.2000, Gilda O'Neill, My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London. From the entry gas meter bandit
  • The candlestick and bridge are prerequisite to the nexspring.1968, James A. Baley, An illustrated guide to tumbling, page 72. From the entry neckspring
  • He saw how the candlesticks shone darkly in the vicinity of the diamond flames in Shevele's ears and on her silk dress collar.2016, Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, chapter 21, in Anna Clarke, transl., edited by Piotr J. Wróbel and Robert M. Shapiro, Poyln: My Life within…. From the entry darkly
  • The Guildmaster gave me a list, but none of them knew anything about the chalice, candlesticks, and patens that have been copied.1999, Roberta Gellis, A Mortal Bane, New York, N.Y.: Forge, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 303. From the entry craftmaster
  • Bedroom candlesticks were an unabolished institution.1915, Richard Dehan, Off Sandy Hook: And Other Stories. From the entry unabolished
  • Black wrought iron candlesticks holding ivory candles will be on the tables and black lacquer trays will hold Viennese Linzer torten which will be offered with the punch.1963 May 16, “Colorful Decor for Preview of ‘Old Navy’”, in Buffalo Evening News, volume CLXVI, number 31, Buffalo, N.Y., →OCLC, page 18…. From the entry linzer torte
  • The household uses of copper are principally for cooking utensils and a variety of miscellaneous items, such as urns, bowls, hods, lamps, candlesticks, vases, book ends, and ash trays.1938, Raymond B[artlett] Stevens et al., “Copper Utensils and Hollow or Flat Plate”, in Trade Agreement between the United States and the…. From the entry hod
  • Taking the long candlestick from the windowsill, she hurries to the betty lamp, pulls its wick out with the chain pick, and lights her candle from the bear fat flame.1999, J G Passarella, Wither, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry betty lamp

Meaning of candlestick

  1. noun A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
  2. noun A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
  3. noun A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.

Full definition of candlestick

Questions about candlestick in a sentence

How do you use candlestick in a sentence?
Candlestick is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.”
What is a short sentence with candlestick?
“Bedroom candlesticks were an unabolished institution.”
What does candlestick mean?
Candlestick means a holder with a socket or spike for a candle.

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