How to Use frankincense in a Sentence

frankincense

noun
Definition of frankincensenext
  • Daly likens frankincense fever to the oil wars fought in modern times.
    — Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The combination is so good; the sweetness from the body oil, the witch hazel and frankincense.
    — Fatimah Asghar, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The third, in green robes and with blue eyes, has even darker skin and carries frankincense.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The Bible says that frankincense was given to the parents of the newborn Jesus.
    — National Geographic, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The Three Wise Men arrived with gifts for the baby Jesus: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • So much more than an incense scent, frankincense could be the anti-ager your skin needs.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • According to the Gospel, the men had followed a star to the house where Jesus and Mary were and presented gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
    — Time, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Then the wise men arrived, presenting their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Enjoy the pleasing scent of frankincense and myrrh while cleaning up to 32 loads with just one bottle of O So Clean.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In a nod to the New Testament, some even recommend frankincense and myrrh.
    — Michael Braga, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2020
  • In the story of Jesus’ birth, the three kings, sometimes called wise men, brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to commemorate the event.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2022
  • With notes of frankincense and myrrh, Temple Smoke hydrates and conditions the beard and reduces the chance of beard dandruff.
    — Sean Piccoli, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2020
  • According to the Gospel of Matthew, the magi brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
    — al, 4 Jan. 2020
  • The candle also pairs notes of white grape and apricot with resins of myrrh, frankincense and opoponax.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2022
  • LeRette agrees and hurries past us to his office, returning with a vial of frankincense.
    — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The warm scent of frankincense and myrrh is an inviting and familiar experience and one that will last for a long time.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Los tres reyes are believed to have brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to Bethlehem to honor the baby Jesus.
    — Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Los tres reyes is believed to have brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to Bethlehem to honor the Baby Jesus.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2022
  • More familiar was the lemony frankincense resin, which is still burned in Catholic churches.
    — Richard Schiffman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The dish soaps come in pink lilac, lavender and grapefruit, peppermint and lemon, frankincense and pine, and unscented.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • There are even calming scents piped into the air, like peppermint and frankincense.
    — Maria Carter, Country Living, 21 July 2017
  • Curls of frankincense unfurled in the air as a choir of children, immaculate in white despite the mud, sang God’s praises.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Today, gold, frankincense, and myrrh seem like unequal gifts.
    — Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Matthew describes the birth before turning to the travels of the Magi, who follow a guiding star while bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
    — Kathleen Brady, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Two of those were frankincense and myrrh, which many Westerners will recognize as gifts brought to the infant Jesus in the Christian Bible.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • How to: Mix 12 drops EOs (frankincense, lavender, chamomile, myrrh, or a combo) into 1 oz rosehip oil.
    — Allison Young, Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2017
  • With a light, lingering scent of frankincense and myrrh, this laundry soap will make your clothing smell amazing.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023
  • DeCarlo doesn’t want to halt the trade in frankincense, which would deprive many Somalis of a livelihood.
    — New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • Tim and Brian inhaled, their own communion of frankincense and nicotine, as the fog swirled down from Buena Vista Park.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2018
  • Or frankincense and myrrh -- two of the holiday fragrances, along with peppermint vanilla and pure noel.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2020

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