Sentence examples for clouds of incense from inspiring English sources

The inhabitants of this sepulchral, candle-lighted world step out of shadows amid clouds of incense.

The Richard we first see, swathed in clouds of incense, wears his royal postures – crooked fingers, glazed smiles, sharply angled arms — like a straitjacket.

Peter Seymour's approach was to stage a liturgical reconstruction in the nave, complete with clouds of incense and the Cantors of Ampleforth Abbey providing the plainchant.

When he says that he prays for me to pass the driving test, I am so moved — I picture him surrounded by clouds of incense and tropical flowers, dressed in ornate robes, like the Infant of Prague.

As soon as I set foot in the Donmar Warehouse, for Michael Grandage's fine production of "Richard II," I found myself inhaling thick clouds of incense, the kind used in high church services.

Sound systems blasted reggae or dance-hall music in what seemed like every other storefront; thick clouds of incense smoke emanated from some, the pungent smell of stewing goat curry from others.

She traveled on a gilded barge with purple sails, amid a cloud of incense.

A Village Voice reviewer said one left the film "perched full-lotus on a cloud of incense, chatting with a white rabbit and smoking a banana".

But she was certainly sensual and theatrical, glowing with gems, pearls, intellect and charm as she sailed around the Red Sea in a cloud of incense, once dressed as Venus to greet Marc Antony's Bacchus.

I trailed this scent to further whiffs of steamed dough and menthol outside a massage parlor, then got distracted by a cloud of incense and darted after it in pursuit directly into the path of an oncoming biker, whom I admittedly hadn't smelled coming.

The Jewish Renewal movement, with its tambourines and poetry and spirituality retreats, may leave Conservative Jews shaking their heads and coughing in a cloud of incense.