incense

Example Sentences

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Another lighted incense sticks and stuck them in the snow.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Just days later, anger surged once more after the death of Aisha Umar, a mother of five who ran a business from home, selling incense and fish in the northern city of Kano.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 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

It was dim and dark and the pillars went high up, and there were people praying, and it smelt of incense, and there were some wonderful big windows.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway