Candle used in a sentence

Candle in a sentence as a noun

It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

I love my Linux box but it still doesn't hold a candle to my MacBook Air.

That guy doesn't hold a candle to even the smallest of the criminals milking the US on a daily basis.

I don't think it holds a candle by any metric to the lives lost and damage done in an actual government-run war scenario.

Candle in a sentence as a verb

But neither book holds a candle to Introduction to Algorithms for career-long usefulness.

For this argument to hold any sort of water we would still be fretting over what to do with all the unemployed candle makers after the advent of electricity.

The regulation says, "the foam inside upholstered furniture be able to withstand exposure to a small flame, like a candle or cigarette lighter, for 12 seconds without igniting.