At the beginning, the altar has no cloths on it, and the candles remain unlit as a sign of mourning. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.1 - Mass of Presanctified, Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers] Reference
'unlit' firework and peer into the top to see why it hasn't gone off, thus averting serious injury. From Wordnik.com. [The most recent articles from V3.co.uk] Reference
Lantern -- (Lighted) safe adventure; (unlit) blunder. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
They crashed after trying to take off on a shorter, unlit runway. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2007] Reference
Many of the lamps were unlit, plunging much of the hall into gloom. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Reborn]
A large striped cat was curled in a basket before the unlit gas fire. From Wordnik.com. [A Mind to Murder]
Kindan could smell fresh-cut branches of pine piled on the unlit bonfire. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Kin]
As I came in sight, there stood the train, the engines cold and fires unlit. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Waiting to capture the driver of a pickup truck with an unlit license plate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2005] Reference
It was completely dark in the unlit alley, but he found a recessed door by touch. From Wordnik.com. [The K-Factor] Reference
Many of the paintings are found in the depths of unlit caverns, often difficult of access. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
An alien lantern, unlit, stood on a long, thin slab of rock that formed an improvised table. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
But it might all have been much easier if he'd just shoved his unlit Havana back in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Five won't become famous if Richard Desmond relaunches it on the cheap] Reference
I looked up and there was a bird, flying heavily between the vacant eyes of unlit stage lights. From Wordnik.com. [The Birdcage] Reference
It's surrounded by three unlit, light blue tea candles that match the blue rocks around the bonsai. From Wordnik.com. [Pimp My Cubicle] Reference
As soon as they reached the bottom, he hustled them off the lift and over into a spot unlit by glows. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Kin]
Arkady crossed to an unlit area where William Kirwill sat deep in the shadows in the back of Arkady's car. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Cousin Emma's unlit parlor windows, down the walk between the tiger lilies and peonies, out into the street. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
Beside the truck was a sergeant, a vast man with many stripes on his sleeve and an unlit cigar in his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
But as a result she had lost the lights that the Field superimposed on the deserted and unlit physical station. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Kindan nodded, not worrying whether Nuella could "hear" him or not, and the three continued on in unlit silence. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Kin]
Late on a black, noiseless night in upstate New York, she decided to take a shortcut home, up a steep, unlit path. From Wordnik.com. [Is God Listening?] Reference
We entered a medium-sized room where a smoldering stick of incense and two unlit candles rested on a table up front. From Wordnik.com. [Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult] Reference
And, things like there is an unlit tower nearby, this taxiway is closed, this is something that should have been in the NOTAM. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2007] Reference
He crossed the room and stood looking down at the unlit coals in the fireplace until he heard the door close and turned to face them. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
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