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Meanings of shading the candle in English

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Usage of shading the candle in English
1
She watched him for some minutes, shading the candle carefully with one hand.
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
2
The cure- alittleman-stood back, shading the candle with his hand.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
3
On tiptoe, and shading the candle with her hand, she stole past the partly open door.
A Sweet Girl Graduate
4
And they went out shading the candle.
Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring
5
Jason, shading the candle light from his eyes, with one slender hand, looked at his father belligerently.
Benefits Forgot / A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love
6
Miss Amanda waited a moment, then shading the candle with one hand, she looked at the sleeping child.
The Potato Child & Others
7
She went into the room, and, shading the candle-light with her hand, approached the bedside to look at him.
No Name
8
Apprised by her tranquil breathing of this circumstance, Judith arose; and shading the candle with her hand, crept noiselessly towards the bed.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
9
The old woman stood at the stair-foot, shading the candle from the draught with a hand that shook with something more than age.
The Circular Study
10
When I paused in the landing, outside the ghost-room, shading the candle with my hand, I was not aware that I was doing wrong.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
11
He wished us pleasant dreams and disappeared down the passage into his room, shading the candle with his big muscular hand from the draughts.
Three John Silence Stories
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United Kingdom
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