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• You behaviour so incensed me that I even thought of firing you.From the entry so
• The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.From the entry priest
• She claims that incense is a natural mood lightener.From the entry lightener
• Incense can be used as an odour disguiser.From the entry disguiser
• Trump was incensed by what he heard, even if he did not follow all the details.2019, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Michael D. Shear, Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN…. From the entry ragetweet
• There would always be some food offerrings there, and every morning, Amma would burn some incense.2017, Ari C. Dy, “Introduction”, in Chinese Buddhism in Catholic Philippines: Syncretism as Identity, Anvil Publishing, Inc.. From the entry ama
• This is easily done using incense to smudge yourself or taking a cleansing bath.2013, Rachel Patterson, Pagan Portals - Hoodoo: Folk Magic, →ISBN. From the entry smudge
• To smudge your body use an incense mixture such as sandalwood, lavender, frankincense or myrrh.2013, Rachel Patterson, Pagan Portals - Hoodoo: Folk Magic, →ISBN. From the entry smudge
• I lit a fresh stick of incense in my altar to Ma Tsu the sea-goddess.2011, Raymond Barnett, The Return to Treasure Island. From the entry Ma Tsu
• The fact that there was a definite smell of toejam lurking below the incense didn’t help.2010, Anuja Chauhan, chapter 10, in Battle for Bittora, Noida, Uttar Pradesh: HarperCollins Publishers India, →ISBN, page 296. From the entry toejam
• He shellacked them with smoky labdanum, oakmoss and incense black as pitch.2007 October 7, Chandler Burr, “Wood Wins”, in New York Times. From the entry oakmoss
• Finally shareholders are becoming incensed by these reprehensible bonuses and severance packages.2007 February 15, Barbara Kiviat, “10 Questions for Carl Icahn”, in Time. From the entry bloom is off the rose
• It was catechism by incense, rood screens, gorgeous vestments and ad orientem Masses chanted from high altars that scrape the heavens.2019 August 15, Michael Rennier, “Liturgy wars? Younger Catholics just want reverence”, in Catholic Herald. From the entry ad orientem
• Heka was especially expressed in words, spoken or written, but also by ritual, often linked to particular stones, plants and incenses.2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 45. From the entry heka
• She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee. From the entry copra
• The other Türkman amirs were incensed not only by his imprisonment, but also by his replacement with an Ustajlu.2009, Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend, I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. From the entry Türkman
• Fisher read the article, became incensed, and started a smear campaign against the brothers’ business which proved immensely damaging.1993, “The Ballad Of Climie Fisher”, in Trouble Over Bridgwater, performed by Half Man Half Biscuit. From the entry smear campaign
• When NBC licensed his reruns to the Arts & Entertainment cable network without consulting him, he was incensed.1992, Newsweek - Volume 120, page 55. From the entry rinky-dink
• As incensed as the public gets at appallingly brutal killings–the ones that blow away innocents–police expend little sympathy on criminal-to-criminal mayhem.1989 May 14, Los Angeles Times, page 1. From the entry NHI
• McPherson was a bit incensed about the loss of his batman, but he made do with somebody else.1985, Chris Vokes, John Philip Maclean, Vokes, my story, page 98. From the entry batman
• In Soochow of Kiangsu Province, people burned incense at daybreak.1982 December 26, Charlotte Summer, “Tung Chih festival a time for rejoicing”, in Free China Weekly [自由中國週報], volume XXIII, number 51…. From the entry Soochow
• Children in every house-hold kneel and kowtow before their parents." In Soochow of Kiangsu Province, people burned incense at daybreak.1982 December 26, Charlotte Summer, “Tung Chih festival a time for rejoicing”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 51, Taipei, page 2. From the entry Kiangsu
• A decanter filled with smoke from smouldering incense.1980 December 20, Michael Anderson, “Gays & the Occult”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 11. From the entry decanter
• Incensed by the child's depravity, he had summoned the boy's parents and upbraided them for permitting such behavior.1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162. From the entry Kienow
• Meanwhile, the querent stood before the Altar, crowned with laurel, while powered laurel leaves were burnt as incense.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 61. From the entry querent
• The State Department is incensed, and if this conference fails it will be the woodshed for three Central American presidents.1907 November 11, “Latin President’s Plot May Disarrange the Central American Peace Plans”, in New York Times. From the entry woodshed
• These ornately carved and carpentered cabinets at the ancestral altar were often complemented with offerings of liquor, flowers, and incense in delicate glass vases.2019, Charlotte Bruckermann, Claiming Homes: Confronting Domicide in Rural China, page 58. From the entry carpentered
• But one piece, a rectangular incense receptacle, found grace in their eyes thanks to its Wanli reign mark and two very imperial dragons.1999 June 19, Souren Melikian, “A New Dynasty Buys Into Chinese Art”, in The New York Times, sourced from International Herald Tribune…. From the entry Wanli
• The Village actively supports 13 historic crafts, including the making of cotton comforters, noodles, rice vermicelli, paper, incense, and the molding of clay figures.1999, Michael J. Hatton, “Taiwan Folk Village”, in Community-Based Tourism in the Asia-Pacific, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65, column 3. From the entry Douliou
• Worshippers at the devale would hand over a small offering of betel and incense sticks to the kapurala and tell him their problems.1992, Piya Tan, Buddhist currents: a brief social analysis of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Siam, →OCLC. From the entry devale
• Some lawmakers were so incensed that they even invited the news media to watch the sledgehammering of the Japanese company's products on the Capitol's steps.1989 December 10, Clyde H. Farnsworth, “Japan's Loud Voice in Washington”, in The New York Times. From the entry sledgehammer
• By temple I mean a structure that houses an image, altar, and incense pot, and is freely accessible to the general public.1974, Donald R. DeGlopper, “Religion and Ritual in Lukang”, in Arthur P. Wolf, editor, Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Studies in…. From the entry temple
• A beautiful, queer, dim, magiciany sort of place with Oriental rugs and draperies and cushions, and perfume in the air—incense, I think.1913 January, Maravene Kennedy Thompson, “Peggy and the Swami: Another Peggy Story”, in McClure’s Magazine, volume XL, number 3, New York…. From the entry magiciany
• Never leave incense, candles, or anything else burning when you are not in the room to ensure you will be around for many more Imbolcs to come.2015, Carl F. Neal, Imbolc: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Brigid’s Day (Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials), Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn…. From the entry Imbolc
• They were incensed that the claviger Bernat Mola not only slept in the church, but that by night he allowed “dishonest people and tricksters” in to gamble.2010, Ronald Stansbury, A Companion to Pastoral Care in the Late Middle Ages (1200-1500). From the entry claviger
• I like to carry the incense widdershins around the room (widdershins being the direction of banishing) and then also run the incense widdershins around windows, doors, and mirrors.2002, Laura Perry, The Wiccan Wellness Book: Natural Healthcare for Mind, Body, and Spirit, Career Press, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry widdershins

Meaning of incense

1. noun Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
2. noun The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).
3. noun Homage; adulation.

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How do you use incense in a sentence?

Incense is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I think it would incense him to learn the truth.”

What is a short sentence with incense?

“A decanter filled with smoke from smouldering incense.”

What does incense mean?

Incense means biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.