Hold-a-candle Sentence Examples

Anyway, with all the money in his family and the good looks as well, he couldn't hold a candle to Brandon in the charm department.

He couldn't hold a candle to my real father—the one who was there for me all those years.

She didn't hold a candle to Suzie Clements.

With a frown, she wondered why she'd never seen it before, why she wasted seven years trying to make things work with someone who couldn't hold a candle to the man she was meant to be with.

The climate in the south at this time of the year was probably hot, but surely it couldn't hold a candle to the week she had spent in the desert.

I didn't think mammoths could ever hold a candle to a well-trained battle horse.

If you loved her enough to destroy the world for her, then you know the pain Kris has been through twice.  Hell cannot hold a candle to that kind of pain.

Though most other digital photo keychains can't hold a candle to the battery life or the storage space of that particular model, there are some very good alternatives out there that still hold more pictures than a wallet will.

Modern school desks certainly don't hold a candle to Breadin's old-fashioned gems.

He couldn't hold a candle to my real father—the one who was there for me all those years.

Due to cost, some people may choose white gold for a similar look, but white gold cannot hold a candle to the white shine of platinum or hold up to as much rough handling.

Quite frankly, millet and amaranth can't hold a candle to the chewy almost gel-like texture of cooked oats.

Librans will appreciate the adventurous side of an Aries, but that won't hold a candle to the perfection they can find in the embrace of a Gemini.