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Conjugation of hold a candle

This verb can also mean the following:compare, skill
I
you
it/she/he
we
you all
they
Present Simple
hold a candle
hold a candle
holds a candle
hold a candle
hold a candle
hold a candle
Future Simple
will hold a candle
will hold a candle
will hold a candle
will hold a candle
will hold a candle
will hold a candle
Past Simple
held a candle
held a candle
held a candle
held a candle
held a candle
held a candle
Conditional Simple
would hold a candle
would hold a candle
would hold a candle
would hold a candle
would hold a candle
would hold a candle
I
you
it/she/he
we
you all
they
Present Progressive
am holding a candle
are holding a candle
is holding a candle
are holding a candle
are holding a candle
are holding a candle
Future Progressive
will be holding a candle
will be holding a candle
will be holding a candle
will be holding a candle
will be holding a candle
will be holding a candle
Past Progressive
was holding a candle
were holding a candle
was holding a candle
were holding a candle
were holding a candle
were holding a candle
Conditional Progressive
would be holding a candle
would be holding a candle
would be holding a candle
would be holding a candle
would be holding a candle
would be holding a candle
I
you
it/she/he
we
you all
they
Present Perfect
have held a candle
have held a candle
has held a candle
have held a candle
have held a candle
have held a candle
Future Perfect
will have held a candle
will have held a candle
will have held a candle
will have held a candle
will have held a candle
will have held a candle
Past Perfect
had held a candle
had held a candle
had held a candle
had held a candle
had held a candle
had held a candle
Conditional Perfect
would have held a candle
would have held a candle
would have held a candle
would have held a candle
would have held a candle
would have held a candle
I
you
it/she/he
we
you
they
Present Perfect Progressive
have been holding a candle
have been holding a candle
has been holding a candle
have been holding a candle
have been holding a candle
have been holding a candle
Future Perfect Progressive
will have been holding a candle
will have been holding a candle
will have been holding a candle
will have been holding a candle
will have been holding a candle
will have been holding a candle
Past Perfect Progressive
had been holding a candle
had been holding a candle
had been holding a candle
had been holding a candle
had been holding a candle
had been holding a candle
Conditional Perfect Progressive
would have been holding a candle
would have been holding a candle
would have been holding a candle
would have been holding a candle
would have been holding a candle
would have been holding a candle

Examples of hold a candle

(Sighs) Your bridge nights don't hold a candle.

- Grigolo is quite good, though he doesn't hold a candle up to Vargas. I saw Vargas once.

- He can't hold a candle to Ed.

- You don't hold a candle to her. - Stop it.

A woman doesn't hold a candle to a man for company, do you think?

(Sighs) Your bridge nights don't hold a candle.

- Grigolo is quite good, though he doesn't hold a candle up to Vargas. I saw Vargas once.

- He can't hold a candle to Ed.

- You don't hold a candle to her. - Stop it.

A woman doesn't hold a candle to a man for company, do you think?

But neither of those mysteries holds a candle to Terra Nova.

I overheard a judge say that not one of them holds a candle to Emma.

I think she still holds a candle for George Pritchard, don't you, Caro?

Journalist Noah Brooks holds a candle to illuminate Lincoln and to provide light by which to read.

Neither holds a candle to that, because what we're doing is very bad.

But neither of those mysteries holds a candle to Terra Nova.

I overheard a judge say that not one of them holds a candle to Emma.

I think she still holds a candle for George Pritchard, don't you, Caro?

Journalist Noah Brooks holds a candle to illuminate Lincoln and to provide light by which to read.

Neither holds a candle to that, because what we're doing is very bad.

He held a candle up to my face.

I held a candle to your eyes.

Imagine you held a candle to the bottom of a treasure map to reveal the sections written in invisible ink.

It feels like we held a candle to the devil.

Nobody held a candle to me.

I can't have an employee of mine out there at a vigil, holding a candle in front of a camera.

If you're referring to the hat you don while wearing a nightshirt and holding a candle, I have one.

Keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who isn't.

Maybe even holding a candle, right?

We consider you, your wealth and your drug-infested America unworthy of holding a candle to India.

He held a candle up to my face.

I held a candle to your eyes.

Imagine you held a candle to the bottom of a treasure map to reveal the sections written in invisible ink.

It feels like we held a candle to the devil.

Nobody held a candle to me.

I can't have an employee of mine out there at a vigil, holding a candle in front of a camera.

If you're referring to the hat you don while wearing a nightshirt and holding a candle, I have one.

Keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who isn't.

Maybe even holding a candle, right?

We consider you, your wealth and your drug-infested America unworthy of holding a candle to India.

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