candlelight

noun

ˈkan-dᵊl-ˌ(l)īt How to pronounce candlelight (audio)
Definition of candlelightnext
as in night
a time or place of little or no light at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll

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Recent Examples of candlelight And don't feed the turkey so KDKA-TV isn't back out in Bethel Park for a candlelight vigil. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Nobody cared whether the person beside them at a candlelight vigil lived in a red state or a blue state. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026 Flags appeared on porches that had never flown them, lines formed at blood banks, donations poured into relief funds, and people of every background stood together at candlelight vigils and interfaith services. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Colman Domingo, Pamela Anderson, Simone Biles, and more A-listers gathered under the glow of natural candlelight for an extravagant dinner at The Pool in Manhattan on Thursday, united for an evening to end violence against women and children. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for candlelight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candlelight
  1. night
  2. dark
  3. shadows
  4. dusk
  5. darkness
  6. black
  7. blackness
  8. twilight
Noun
  • But Saturday night showed a way for the offense to play complementary football even with the unit’s inability to run the ball.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The series was postponed due to weather on Friday night, pushing both Games 4 and 5 back one day each.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of night
Noun
  • For his safety, the former water treatment plant operator isn’t supposed to be on the dock after dark.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly everyone wore black, with plenty of tattoos, webbed, sheer textured layers and sunglasses worn well after dark.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of dark
Noun
  • Depending on the time of day and the weather, visitors will see these spaces under different light and cast with varying shadows.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The diagrid also casts cool shadows that shift as the day goes by.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shadows
Noun
  • Driving down the grand driveway at dusk in the signature gold Bentley with your new spouse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • One of the best ways to avoid being bitten by a shark is to stay out of the water at dawn or dusk, according to experts with the International Shark Attack File.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of dusk
Noun
  • The episode ends with Lee running for his life while McCann shoots into the darkness of the treeline.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The three of us huddled in the torrential darkness with our backs to the palm, not even thinking of our cuts.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of darkness
Noun
  • The pieces also follow the designers’ evolution from the straightforward blacks to use of color to increasingly sculptural shapes.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • He was dressed like a director, in blacks and blues—jeans, baseball cap, puffer coat, Hokas—but spoke and moved at the unhurried pace of a novelist, his original vocation.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of black
Noun
  • Nori of a perfect blackness, death-like, without the green glints of more common seaweed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The surf was raging, completely enveloping the craft with only the swaying masts visible in the blackness of the night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of blackness
Noun
  • Indeed, in 1986, many of the largest cities were bathed in permanent twilight, with only the brightest stars and planets visible from near city centers and with astronomically unacceptable conditions up to 50 miles (80 km) away.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Arizona led 2-1 in the third before the Padres went in front on Ty France's RBI groundout and Gavin Sheets' RBI double that center fielder Tim Tawa lost in the lights and twilight sky.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of twilight

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“Candlelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candlelight. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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