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 seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way,23 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

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 Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Still another white beacon leaned over the hills where, like a stellar flambeau, the lead-star trembled and sputtered, kindled just on the apex of Henhawk's knob.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

S'il est encor là-bas des caves de mystère Où tout flambeau s'éteint ou recule effaré, Plutôt que d'en peupler les coins par des chimères Nous préférons ne point savoir que nous leurrer.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan