flambeau

Example Sentences

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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 princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

With the bride to the bridal apartment they go, Fair Kirstin in front bears the yellow flambeau.

From Child Maidelvold and other ballads by Borrow, George Henry

And the king seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

Two of these support her by the arms, while the other carries a flambeau of white pine before her to dissipate all lurking enchantments and dispel all evil incantations.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred