How to Use lantern in a Sentence

lantern

noun
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  • Set the mood—and keep them safe—with a line of lanterns.
    — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The lantern gallery's guard rail is black with a red handrail.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Above him, dozens of straw lanterns glow and hang from the ceiling.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The camera recorded the woman steal a lantern from the yard.
    — cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Each tent comes with a USB charging pack and lanterns for the evenings.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • Fill out the front steps with black lanterns, pumpkins, and urns filled with mums.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Use them in lanterns or lined up against a window for a warm and rustic feel.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Lined up, the 250ml bottles are lanterns, jewel-bright.
    — Lottie Hazell, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Crews have removed the 92-year-old lantern room from the top of the nation’s 11th oldest lighthouse.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Fill in with plain orange pumpkins and lanterns filled with small gourds.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Family and friends lit the candles and placed them in cups that served as makeshift lanterns.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Green antique French lanterns (janetwiebeantiques.com) lend patina and color to the new kitchen.
    — Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 10 May 2023
  • How to get the look: Idiosyncratic art, bistro glasses, a trad lantern.
    — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Read full article Crews have removed the 92-year-old lantern room from the top of the structure for the restoration.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Pepper in items like lanterns and a chic woven chair that will come in handy for quick breaks when the games heat up.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
  • Isamu Noguchi’s Akari lantern, which casts a warm glow while serving as a light-as-air piece of sculpture.
    — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Kogut's plan is to carve it to make a giant jack-o-lantern for Halloween and display it in his front yard.
    — Maria M. Silva, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The lantern parade with Lucky Lion Dancers is slated for noon both days.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The V-neck style features a tiered skirt with lantern sleeves and is available in a whopping 42 colors.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Or come to marvel at the district's neon lights, dangling lanterns, and dozens of gold stores on the iconic Yaowarat Road.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The dark, slim lines of the open shelving mimic the delicate cages of the classic lantern pendants above the island.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Meryl bonking herself on the head with a lantern during a dance number?
    — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • As if that weren't cute enough, viewers also get to see Olsen twins dressed up as a pint-sized jack-o-lantern.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There’s so much to love about this no-carve pumpkin which gets its style not from a jack-o-lantern face, but from a burst of pink spray paint.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Like an actual lantern, it can be brought and used outdoors as well.
    — Ellen McAlpine, Men's Health, 26 July 2023
  • On Thursday morning, a 50-ton crane will extract the lantern from the top of the tower and demolish it, Boudreau said.
    — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The map showed a route through a dark forest lit by an occasional lantern.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The tide drained slowly, bringing wedding pots and pans and lanterns to rest gently on the muddy ground.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Most tents will have a center pocket or attachment point to allow for the use of a lantern.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This year, spare your neighbors the loud booms and opt for hanging red paper lanterns instead.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2024

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