incense

Example Sentences

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As the air filled with the scent of incense and music, L.A. resident Leneta Antoine-Wood held a sign that read “ICE out of Tovaangar,” a reference to the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

With incense hanging in the air, and sunlight illuminating gold-painted biblical murals on the cathedral walls, the priest urged mourners to help others, too.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

It’s beat up and old, and smells like incense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

It smells of incense inside and we light a candle.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

“A Black woman was selling incense in front of a store,” Daddy said.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée