Four large candelabra were placed on pedestals at the corners of the steps, and the pavement of the choir and that of the nave were covered with a black carpet.
This valley is very pretty, and, after the treeless plain of Senafe, is doubly agreeable, for the sides of the hills are everywhere clothed with the gigantic candelabra cactus.
It is, of course, surrounded by its wall, and within the enclosure grow some of the gigantic candelabra cactus.
They had finished supper in the great oak-ceilinged room down below, where a fire burned in the stone embrasure, and the soft lights of candles in silver candelabra made only more tenebrous the darkness overhead.
Carved in the heavy oak paneling above the fireplace, in large Old English letters, was the inscription: The Spirit of Man is the Candle of the Lord and on either side great candelabra sent long arms across the hearth.
Silver and crystal of which I had not known before glistened on the table, and on the sideboard two huge candelabra added to the festival air of the little room.
Then I ran in, grabbed one of the big candelabra from the table, and went for the nearest man.
The light should always be suspended above the table, except, of course, where candles and candelabraor a tall-stemmed lamp are used.
The candelabra are also of cut glass, which is used wherever it is possible, in preference to silver.
Tall candelabra should hold enough candles to light the room well, and each candle should have its tiny paper or silk shade and its glass bobèche.
La Martiniere, relieved from her alarm, told him all that had happened, and both she and he went back to the hall, where they found the candelabra on the floor, where the stranger had thrown it on taking his flight.
As he said this in a whisper, he took the candelabra from her, blew out the tapers, and placed a casket in her hands.
A chandelier and elegant candelabra made the little scene brilliant.
A hollow candelabra must be made, with a base in the shape of a pyramid.
Lin had constructed a rude candelabra after the style of the one in the circus.
Hundreds of candles on a pyramid-shaped candelabramade of boards.
So the old aristocratic methods of illumination prevailed, large oil lamps and hugecandelabra with wax candles.
The dinner proceeded in silence, slowly and peacefully, served by servants who made no noise in crossing the imposing space, where a single candelabra concentrated its light on the table, leaving the rest of the room obscure.
She looked at a silver candelabra that had ten branches, and thought: "This may be the Queen of Ev and her ten children.
Some charming candelabra suited to the dining table are found in the better shops, and an investment in a choice design is a very justifiable extravagance.
Bulbs are made in all sorts of shapes to fit recesses or for special purposes, and the designs in shades and candelabra are legion.
The violently perspiring bodies of the dancers and the dust arising from the parquet floor made the air of the ballroom close, and the lights in the lamps and candelabra took a dull yellow tint.
The first thundering notes of the overture to "Long live the Tsar" rolled through the open windows of the music gallery across the ballroom, and the flames of the candelabra vibrated to the rhythm of the drum beats.
Three-branched candelabra on the pillars between the windows shed their radiance, and lamps were suspended from the roof.
Near the sarcophagi, and around the candelabra as far as the vicinity of the door, where the rascally trick was played, the light was brilliant as in a festal hall.
Before my eyes she flung aloft her beautiful arm with the flashing steel, which glittered in the light of the candles in the many-branched candelabra beside the sarcophagi.
On either side of the statues are magnificent tall candelabra of white marble of very rich and beautiful design, and appropriate inscriptions from the German Bible run round the carved and diapered marble walls.
For instance, he designed the large candelabra which stood on each side of one of the doorways,--Cupid peeping through a wreath of thistles and nettles.
He sold altar-furniture, crucifixes and candelabra for bridges, wine-shops and public roads.
The official from Louisiana gave the vestments to negro wenches and the altar-plate and candelabra were soon found in houses of ill-fame.
It was a dark and gloomy afternoon--indeed, the electric bulbs in their silver candelabrawere all turned on.
The lights in the roof suddenly jumped up, and the electric candelabraround the circle became brilliant.
From the boudoir she moved slowly, carrying one of the gilt candelabra from the table to light the room.
He took a candle from one of many in a bronze candelabra on the hall table, and then, with his sack over his shoulder, made his way to the top of the cellar stairs.
There was a wide silver candelabra in the center of the table, covered with a gold-colored silk shade.
Tell Martin to put on the candelabra with the gold shade!
The shout thundered out from all the tables, so that the candelabra rattled.
Two old-fashioned candelabra of cut-glass gave light to each room, and I remember that the walls were panelled with wood painted a greyish-white below a moulding of fruit and flowers.
On the dining-table, which is in the middle of the room, stand vases filled with flowers; also two candelabra with many lighted candles.
The tables have now been cleared; the cloths and the candelabra have been removed, so that the tables themselves, which are merely boards supported on trestles, are all that remain.
The choir and the sanctuary were to be lighted by thirty-four grand chandeliers, besides the candelabra attached to each pillar.
The light of day, wholly shut out, is replaced by an immense quantity of lamps, tapers, and candles, suspended from a multitude of candelabra and chandeliers.
The closed eyelids had a shell-like transparency, and the candelabra on every side lighted up the gruesome object with terrible distinctness.
The candelabra burning on the tables, which were spread the whole length of the banqueting-hall, glowed like clusters of flaming flowers among the painted cups, the plates of shining copper, the cubes of snow and heaps of luscious grapes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "candelabra" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
