Although rushlightsantedated candles, some of the holders were made to answer a dual purpose, and on the same stem or slide as the rushlight holder there was a candle socket, an important feature fully exemplified in Figs.
The rushlights on the hill above went out one by one and the darkness became intense.
Put one of the rushlightsin the fire, Norah, and read the letter from foreign parts.
We might get shelter in one of the houses up there,” said Norah Ryan, rousing herself and pointing to the hill above, where the short-lived rushlights flickered and shone at intervals in the scattered cabins.
The lanthorn did but make darkness visible, but Solomon proceeded to light two rushlights that stood in iron sconces on the wall, and by their light the Lieutenant discerned three truckle-beds laid between two of the windows.
Frogs croaked in a puddle without; one of the lattices creaked open at intervals, only to close again with a hollow report; the rushlights flared sideways in the draught.
Thirteen rushlights are made in remembrance of the numbers at the Last Supper, and each is named after some member of the family.
In this world we are like men living in a cave, and priding themselves on the rushlights with which they explore it, unwilling to believe that there is a region of sunlight whererushlights are needless.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rushlights" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
