Wondering how to use Incense in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as scent or exasperate.
Incense meaning
- Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
- The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).
- Homage; adulation.
Synonyms of Incense
Using Incense
- The main meaning on this page is: Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons. | The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1). | Homage; adulation.
- Useful related words include: scent, exasperate, infuriate, odourise.
- In the example corpus, incense often appears in combinations such as: incense and, of incense, the incense.
Context around Incense
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incense
- In this selection, "incense" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gambian, gold, candles, burning, sticks and offering stand out and add context to how "incense" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include altar of incense and candles and incense sticks highlighting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incense" sits close to words such as accumulates, admiralty and adventurers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incense
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ellen had some incense burning. (5 words)
Frankincense was used as incense and medicine. (7 words)
Health problems from incense burning are numerous. (7 words)
Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense offering, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. (35 words)
Then dressed in their rich attire, accompanied by their pages carrying the three biblical presents, gold, incense and myrrh, one by one, they will present their gifts and pay homage to the Baby Jesus. (34 words)
Once live, she'll shuffle the cards and start to read, intermittently conducting personal readings for a select few and cleansing the virtual space with incense and breath work. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense offering, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense.
Incense wafted throughout the church as Marquez and family members walked around the two coffins gently swinging an incense-filled censer and praying.
Ellen had some incense burning.
It had a tall fireplace of eroding bricks and smelled like incense.
Once live, she'll shuffle the cards and start to read, intermittently conducting personal readings for a select few and cleansing the virtual space with incense and breath work.
She is now a trader who deals in cosmetics, Gambian incense, and handcrafted beauty items.
The blaze started by accident from an incense stick burning in a bedroom, rapidly spreading to other parts of the house.
The first Zara perfume that Josephine can’t stand is Incense Sunset, as she explained: “This smells like a cheap household cleaning product - really synthetic.
The Incense can be purchased for 150 diamonds from the General Store.
The kingdom, known for the legendary Queen of Sheba, at the time controlled much of the incense route across the Arabian Peninsula.
Then dressed in their rich attire, accompanied by their pages carrying the three biblical presents, gold, incense and myrrh, one by one, they will present their gifts and pay homage to the Baby Jesus.
Traditionally, this might involve the use of holy water, a crucifix, candles, incense, holy scrolls, holy swords, prayer books and – of course – the Bible.
Additionally, Dr Khan cautioned against the use of scented candles and incense sticks, highlighting that they also emit small particles of pollutants when burned.
A worker prepares incense sticks in a courtyard in the village of Quang Phu Cau on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Evenyour neatest Russian Orthodox church could conceal Russian intelligence officers, just waiting for the command to put down their incense burners and take up arms.
Frankincense was used as incense and medicine.
Health problems from incense burning are numerous.
One can also use the in-game item Incense and the Weather Boost function.
Organiser Norm Bejjani said it was a beautiful, sacred night filled with incense, hymns and prayer.
She burns incense every day to cover the smell but says sometimes the stench still causes her to become dizzy.
Common combinations with incense
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- incense and 19×
- of incense 14×
- the incense 7×
- burn incense 7×
- with incense 5×
- and incense 5×
- burning incense 5×
- some incense 4×
- incense sticks 4×
- incense to 4×