: a detached defensive work
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Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2025
Turn your porch into a calming oasis with twinkling fairy lights, or upgrade your front yard with in-ground pathway lighting or solar sconces.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Feldman reports that the over-the-top drama of big bulbs framing a mirror has made way in modern design for pleasant and timeless sconces that won’t fade out of fashion so quickly.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2025
Directional wall sconces provide the light and there are shelves on each level for books and toys.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Incorporate Lighting Mounting a sconce in each berth lets every sleeper control their own reading light.
—Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2025
Turn your porch into a calming oasis with twinkling fairy lights, or upgrade your front yard with in-ground pathway lighting or solar sconces.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Feldman reports that the over-the-top drama of big bulbs framing a mirror has made way in modern design for pleasant and timeless sconces that won’t fade out of fashion so quickly.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2025
Directional wall sconces provide the light and there are shelves on each level for books and toys.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sconce
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“Sconce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sconce. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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