How to Use candelabrum in a Sentence

candelabrum

noun
  • Kubitschek put a few new candles in the candelabrum, pressing them into the molten red wax of the old ones.
    — James Angelos, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Each rosette features a single, tall candelabrum of stout, poker-style flowers that bloom red orange.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Each rosette features a single, tall candelabrum of stout, poker-style flowers that bloom red-orange.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The menorah, a candelabrum used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, was made of glass and burned oil.
    — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The air reeks of marijuana and beer as people climb up onto tables to dance and light their cigarettes on the candelabra chandeliers.
    — Kristin Corpuz, Billboard, 29 May 2017
  • In commemoration, Jews celebrate Chanukah for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabrum known as a menorah.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • To set the séance mood, a grapefruit-and-cucumber Tocca candle scented the air, as a candelabrum flickered dramatically on the piano.
    — Ben Widdicombe, New York Times, 24 June 2017
  • His father, Mohamed Fateh al Ahmed, was invited to light a candle on the Jewish candelabrum known as a menorah on the final night of Hannukah.
    — CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
  • On Sunday night, the final Hanukkah candle was lit on menorahs around Orange County, illuminating the candelabrum in its full splendor of eight lights.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Arena announcer Michael Baiamonte asked the record crowd to please rise and direct their attention to section 104 where the eight branched Chanukah candelabrum was kindled.
    — Sun Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
  • To mark the restoration of their nation’s independence, the Maccabees rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem, using a small jug of sacred oil to light the seven-branched candelabrum known as the menorah.
    — Stuart Halpern and Tevi Troy, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The dishware pyramid is topped by a twirly candle-holder meant to put you in mind of Kevin Lima’s snappy design for Lumière, the movie’s chief of the household staff who has been transformed into a lively candelabrum by a cruel enchantress.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • At maturity, the candelabra tree (Euphorbia ingens) displays a perfectly symmetrical dome, at 20 feet, of upright candelabrum branches.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The exhibition includes fine examples of Verrocchio’s metalwork (an agate vase with silver mountings and a magnificent bronze candelabrum) and a roomful of drawings, which is an impressive assemblage given the paucity of his drawings.
    — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Three objects—a sculpture each by Hiram Powers and Bessie Potter Vonnoh and a candelabrum by Andrew Ellicott Warner—will be added to the galleries.
    — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026

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