: a detached defensive work
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
This involves light fixtures at multiple levels, like a lamp on the table, sconce on the wall, and chandelier or spotlight on the ceiling.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
The rooms and suites have warm and earthy hues, ceramic sconces, handcrafted ceramics and limestone floors.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Regardless of category, each room is decorated with vintage prints, artwork by Egyptian artisans, colorful rugs, and brass lamp sconces and hooks.
—Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
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For example, use metal hardware on kitchen cabinets, install industrial-esque sconces and light fixtures, and leave raw materials, like exposed brick and natural wood, exposed.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
This involves light fixtures at multiple levels, like a lamp on the table, sconce on the wall, and chandelier or spotlight on the ceiling.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
The rooms and suites have warm and earthy hues, ceramic sconces, handcrafted ceramics and limestone floors.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Regardless of category, each room is decorated with vintage prints, artwork by Egyptian artisans, colorful rugs, and brass lamp sconces and hooks.
—Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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