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Example sentences for: candle

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For all we know Nixon had a tryst or two--but he can't hold a candle to the legends of Kennedy or Clinton.
Even the bright young men who imitate Pynchon by fortifying their fashionably fractured stories with math and science, myth and metafiction, can't really hold a candle to the master.
Candle in the Wind 1997
As further proof of my thesis, rank seems to correlate well with inefficiency: Few of the generals who have served their country as despots can hold a candle, efficiency-wise, to Col.
A chart issued by Co-operative Funeral Services listed the top 10 tunes chosen in Britain for playing at funerals, of which the first four were: Candle in the Wind (Elton John), Simply the Best (Tina Turner), My Way (Frank Sinatra), and Knocking on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan).