incandescent

Example Sentences

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Officials said Friday that the fire was likely caused by incandescent candles and sparklers attached to Champagne bottles that ignited a ceiling.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Everything suggests that the fire started from incandescent candles or sparklers attached to champagne bottles, brought too close to the ceiling,” said Beatrice Pilloud, attorney general for Valais, the Swiss canton where the fire occurred.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The colourful incandescent lights are my favourite," she says.

From BBC

Still, the heart of the song is Laferte’s vocal performance — wounded and incandescent.

From Los Angeles Times

And there’s a sort of incandescent poetic beauty to all that, and there’s just the sorrow to it because you also realize it’s the last of that moment.

From Los Angeles Times