flambeau
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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
The page took up a little taper that lay near the flambeau, and, shuddering as he passed by the body, instantly departed on his errand.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
The flambeau trees in the Parque Isabel were like conflagrations.
From The Bright Shawl by Hergesheimer, Joseph
One light--the single flambeau which had escaped extinguishing--threw a ghastly glare on the surge of scowling ruffians.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
“Maybe ’twill paint the blues in old Tory Cave, if we run across them there,” put in Tomoke, maiden of the flambeau and the fire-talk.
From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine
On Tuesday night, authorities lit flambeaus to keep wild animals away, an official involved in the operation told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2022
Many of the inhabitants carry lighted branches and flambeaus; and rockets, squibs, etc., are discharged on the joyful occasion.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.
Many of the inhabitants carry lighted branches and flambeaus, and rockets, squibs, etc., are discharged on the occasion.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel
They came down here with torches and flambeaus and saw the darkness only, while the light came out to meet us, seeing we had none….
From Pélléas and Mélisande by Hovey, Richard
High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about— Toll slowly.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Like ghosts from the last century, they staged a torchlight parade, with oilcloth capes and kerosene flambeaux on long poles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The flambeaux around the edge were bright and red in the dark.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Night closed in, and the flambeaux of the pages lighted up the mourning procession.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
To carry out my Lord Glandore's conceit, however, it was necessary to provide flambeaux.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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