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Sentence Examples Bowing down, they will burn joss sticks and pray for blessings and protection. This astounding piece of fiddling while Rome burns was written no doubt to the sound of whalesong and the pungent aroma of joss sticks. Sometimes, one can smell the fragrance of lit joss sticks wafting from the windows. The English phrase joss money derives from the Portuguese word deos, meaning god. Bendigo's Joss House is an internationally-known landmark, one of the oldest joss houses still in use as a place of worship in Australia. The joss houses or temples of Chinatown have no external beauty save in the carved panels of their balconies. Commonly called joss houses, some of these temples survived into the twentieth century. Each joss house was usually created and used by Chinese from the one village or district of origin. Some people spent more than 400,000 yuan to gain the right to plant the first joss stick in various temples. And with it, the scent of fame and glamour and money wafted under her nose, pungent and alluring as any joss stick. The fire started in Cemetery Road last night when a plant pot caught fire after a joss stick was left unattended. The whole house and yard were cleaned thoroughly to banish all bad joss and demonic spirits. They lay fruit and gifts at the altar and light joss sticks as the local shaman begins the ceremony. The air was thick with incense smoke from joss sticks and everyone was eating. In one untitled and undated photograph, a group of Buddhist women pray before an altar filled with joss sticks. Wats are to be adorned with lanterns, flowers and joss sticks as symbols of worship, and skyrockets will be lit for three days to celebrate. I seat myself on an old mahogany chair and begin to feel soothed by the sweet, smoky smell of joss stick incense. But joss gave me my first job in Hollywood, which was writing a TV show for him. They light the joss sticks from the yellow candles' strong steady flames and place the incense in the sand, the thin white smoke coiling up to the heavens. It's a Chinese tradition to have a joss stick counter outside their temples, so devotees can light them and leave when there is no time to actually walk in and pray. Show More Sentences The fronts of the joss houses and the restaurants were brightened with many colored lanterns, quaint carved gilded woodwork, potted plants and dwarf trees. But from the late 1960s onwards, as the perfume of joss sticks drifted over Western civilisation, yoga caught on there too. That night I lit a joss stick and candle and prayed for my child to come back to me. Last year, I spoke to joss Whedon, the director behind The Avengers and its upcoming sequel about the lack of female superheroes. This one came around and I was a little skeptical, but joss reached out to me, and then Robert did. Dead joss sticks on the mantelpiece, white sweet-smelling ash on the tiles beneath. The concept is a far cry from new-age hippy shops with their Patchouli joss sticks, crystal beads and dolphin music. Supplicants burn paper money and joss sticks, and pray for good fortune to the temple deity, Tua Pek Kong. The stink of a joss stick in the air, prisms ticking against the windows. I was really thrilled that joss Whedon asked me to be involved. She had twisted a piece of heather into her mail box for good joss, and this was the safety signal. Such lamps are kept burning in shrines, whether private or public, and incense sticks or joss sticks are lit from the lamp. Incense sticks may be termed joss sticks, especially in parts of East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. If a man starts burning a joss stick, and heating up the tofu, he's out the door. And why not add a joss stick or two for added scent, or entwine some florists' butterflies or bees around the place just for fun. Astonishing were the number of believers offering joss sticks to their favoured deities. They clean them, burn joss and candles, leave offerings of fruit, cakes, tea and other goodies and make bonfires of ghost-money and gifts for the afterworld. For many of them, the drug scene was a quick, soggy spliff behind the bike sheds, or a reverential division of a cake of greenish powder, washed down with a glass of Liebfraumilch and covered up with burning joss sticks. The virus got its name from changing icons on desktops into cute cartoon pandas, the most famous of which holds three burning joss sticks in his paws. On the night, nothing more mind-bending than joss sticks while 10 local lasses in flowered mini skirts stood outside the Paget Rooms handing out flowers to bemused passers-by. Show More Sentences Pol Pot, in his grave in Anlong Veng, receives the respectful visits of many Khmer people who offer him a fervent tribute, with candles, joss sticks, etc. Entrepreneurs of Chintamani are regarded as the pioneers of the rolling joss sticks, popularly known as Aggarbatti and basically it is a cottage industry. Yet surely a pile of stewed tea leaves, a haunted look, plus a smouldering joss stick, couldn't and wouldn't unravel the mysteries of the universe. An imaginative and eye-catching wall treatment using pieces of gold joss paper brings individuality and Asian elegance to this unique powder room. If a mourner is either Taoist or Buddhist they may hold a burning joss stick while bowing. A family member will usually be kneeling nearby to burn joss sticks and paper money. A hippy market at Punta Arabi attracts hundreds of shoppers every week, who browse through the tie-die t-shirts and joss sticks in search of a bargain. Stuck into the arms of one carved figure, two joss sticks smoked away, filling the air with the cloying scent of hippie joy in the superior spirituality of the Other. Examples from Classical Literature She felt as astonished as if some Confucian fanatic had set up his joss at auction. Hwei was here on the night poor Miss Wharf was killed, and dropped the joss stick. Bates and I will take care that there isn't even a joss stick in the flat before we go to bed. There is also a suggestion of the Orient in the joss house and opium den of the Chinese in the steerage. It was distinctly nervous work however, and Olivia started back, as her husband set the joss stick fizzling. For quite ten minutes Ainsleigh continued waving, until the joss stick burnt down nearly to the root. It must have been Hwei who came to the Abbey on the night my aunt was killed and dropped the joss stick. It was a little cold, but we got warmer as the sun rose over the Bhamo trees, and pagoda, and joss house. The result was that joss learned to read and write before the voyage was over. Of course, they could not imagine that Mr. Furniss would want to visit the joss house and opium joints of Chinatown. The ships took up position opposite a large joss house or Temple. The cathedral, the mosque and the joss house have the same foundation. The joss house was apparently empty, and yet it did not seem empty. They passed out of the joss house and walked down Jackson street hill. But don't forget to burn a few punk sticks in the joss house to the great god Mazuma from time to time. Evidently he is not acquainted with the peculiar smell of a joss stick. So Harry stood waiting while the joss stick throwing went merrily on. Find more words! 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