Examples of 'holding a candle' in a sentence
Meaning of "holding a candle"
holding a candle: This phrase is often used in the expression 'not holding a candle to someone/something,' which means that a person or thing is not comparable in excellence or worth to another. It signifies a significant difference in quality, skill, or importance between two entities
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- present participle of hold a candle
How to use "holding a candle" in a sentence
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holding a candle
Dwight is holding a candle and reading a poem.
Keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who is not.
Holding a candle looking for a foxy mulatto girl.
My talk is like holding a candle to the sun.
Holding a candle in front of a camera.
I feel like Dwight is holding a candle and reading a poem.
Description of the Background of the Invention Many different assemblies for holding a candle are known.
Woman with black clothes holding a candle mourning the Maspero violence.
He was creating and I was an innocent bystander holding a candle nearby.
And I was never holding a candle or those pieces of paper thinking anything would ever change.
Praising Umrao Jaan is like holding a candle to the sun.
If holding a candle will do it, I will hold two.
Because I am still holding a candle for you.
And every person in the audience was singing with her, holding a candle.
But not really holding a candle to Justice League.
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She must have big eyes, strong breeze and holding a candle.
And I was never holding a candle or those pieces of paper.
Finally, to her left sits Joseph holding a candle.
And why were you holding a candle to the window?
We consider you, your wealth and your drug-infested America unworthy of holding a candle to India.
They found a white-bearded wizard, holding a candle and his spell book in his hands.
Where? - A lady is draped in a white saree… With her tresses down, holding a candle.
Ai not nobody holding a candle to you, Janine.
Is it what you expected? I feel like Dwight is holding a candle and reading a poem.
What 's the point of holding a candle march after everything 's over?
Our self-improvement is like holding a candle to the sun.
What 's the point of holding a candle march after every-thing's over?
There was evidently some one there, who was holding a candle in his hand and listening.
You are not still holding a candle for Rishabh, are you?
With her tresses down, holding a candle.
The company 's logo of a bear holding a candle was designed by Helen Oxenbury . [ 7 ].
Why not? Because I am still holding a candle for you.
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The candle as well as the dinner is here
A towel fell over a candle caught on fire
That candle grease you were telling me about
