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Example sentences for "relit"

Lexicographically close words:
reliquum; relish; relished; relishes; relishing; relive; relived; reliving; relligion; rellish
  1. At that the candle on the corner of the wardrobe went out, and the one I had relit in the alcove followed.

  2. I walked back, relit one, and as I did so I saw the candle in the right sconce of one of the mirrors wink and go right out, and almost immediately its companion followed it.

  3. But with the same match I also relit the larger mirror candles, and those on the floor near the doorway, so that for the moment I seemed to gain on the extinctions.

  4. He paused and relit his cigar; then he smiled slightly.

  5. It seemed to Charlie that the candles were relit chiefly for the purpose of eating and drinking forbidden things, of playing cards, or of bullying and tormenting those boys who were least advanced in general wickedness.

  6. Had the candles been relit only for a game of play, Charlie would have been the first to join in the fun.

  7. And he slowly relit his pipe, which had again gone out.

  8. He rose, and relit his pipe with a spill.

  9. This plan succeeded at last, and with relief and humility I boarded her, relit the riding-light, and carried off the kedge anchor.

  10. Still keeping firm hold of her, as he thought, the captain relit the lamp with his other hand.

  11. The two women went back to the manse, where Jean relit the fire, having nothing else to do, and boiled the kettle, while Margaret wandered in anguish from room to room.

  12. Jamie relit his pipe, took one puff, examined the sky line, then shook his head knowingly: "I would that!

  13. She relit her candle, and as she did so caught the reflection of her own face in the long mirror, and was startled to see how ghastly pale it was.

  14. The door of his room was ajar, the lamp had been relit upon the table, and soused in its shaded dome of light was the figure of a man, stretched along the big chair before the fire.

  15. But she said she would go down with him; and after a glance at her frock, a traveling one, before the mirror, opened the door as he relit the lamp.

  16. Mr. Weatherley knocked the ash from his cigar, and, discovering that it was out, carefully relit it.

  17. Mr. Weatherley relit his cigar, which had gone out while he dozed.

  18. There, finally, is to be relit the lamp of life, banished from the surface above.

  19. Pieto relit the lantern, and his shuffling footsteps died away down the stone passage.

  20. Purposely allowing his pipe to go out, Edward took from his pocket the letter he had written to himself, and tearing off the blank sheet made a spool with which he relit his pipe.

  21. He relit his pipe, therefore, and smoked like a man at peace, whilst below the sweat rolled from the naked bodies of the men who were emulating their Roman predecessors of two thousand years ago.

  22. Wu Abst, with a little shrug of the shoulders, relit his pipe.

  23. Bill passed over the matches again, waited till Antony had relit his pipe, and then held out his hand for them, just as they were going into the other's pocket.

  24. When they had made the circle, Antony sat down on the grass, and relit his pipe.

  25. With an air of nonchalance he relit the cigar which had gone out.

  26. He yawned and relit his cigar which had gone out.

  27. Then he uttered a sharp exclamation, and getting out again fumbled for the matches and relit the lamp.

  28. Her eyes were dim and the darkness sudden, but she fancied she saw something standing by the door, and snatching a spill from the mantelpiece she thrust it into the fire, and relit the lamp.

  29. He mixed himself a whisky and soda, relit his pipe, which had gone out, and drew up an easy-chair to the fire which she had left him in the sitting-room.

  30. Suddenly steadied by the presence of this unlooked-for emergency, he closed the outside door and relit the lamp with firm fingers.

  31. He shrugged his shoulders and relit his cigarette, which had gone out.

  32. The aviator relit his pipe, which had gone out, but did not remove his eyes from hers.

  33. Then the candles were relit and he was told that he would see the full light; the bandage was again removed and more than ten voices said together: "Sic transit gloria mundi.

  34. At the summit of the hill they stopped with the icon; the men who had been holding it up by the linen bands attached to it were relieved by others, the chanters relit their censers, and service began.

  35. He read awhile and then put out his candle, but relit it.

  36. Osborne leaned forward in his chair and meditatively relit his cigar.

  37. With a glance at the progress of the supper, she relit the lamp and stepped into one of the little bedrooms.

  38. Her clergyman companion closed his book, relit his cigar, and consulted his watch.

  39. Nathan relit his pipe, which had gone out during the narrative.

  40. He got up, relit his pipe, and sank into an easy-chair.

  41. He glanced at his watch, relit his pipe, and relapsed once more into sombre silence.

  42. Peter Dale grunted with expressionless face and relit his pipe, which had gone out during these few moments of intense listening.

  43. I walked back, relit one, and as I did so, I saw the candle in the right sconce of one of the mirrors wink and go right out, and almost immediately its companion followed it.

  44. At that the candle on the wardrobe went out, and the one I had relit in the alcove followed.

  45. However, he faced the scrutiny, watching the upward curling of the smoke from the other's cigar, while he relit and puffed a little unsteadily at his own.

  46. The millionaire reached for a match and relit his cigar.

  47. Hendrie relit his cigar, which had gone out.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "relit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.