jack-o'-lantern

Example Sentences

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His trophy had a jack-o’-lantern on it because it was Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2023

The aquatic jack-o’-lantern tradition is part of that.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Rain falling on your jack-o’-lantern will invite every mold in the neighborhood to take up residency in or on it.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2022

Prepare one in the usual way by cutting off the top and scooping out the inside, but instead of carving the pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern, plop a jar with water and flowers inside.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2021

Zero's face looked like a jack-o'-lantern that had been left out too many days past Halloween—half rotten, with sunken eyes and a drooping smile.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar