How to Use henna in a Sentence

henna

noun

• Later, in the evening, the bride and her friends might paint their hands with henna.
  — Guy Martin, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2016
• One man with a long beard, colored orange with henna, pulled away from the group.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, 18 July 2017
• But on Sunday night, the bride doesn’t just have her hands painted with henna.
  — Guy Martin, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2016
• Kids can partake in face panting, henna, and plenty more as the evening ticks along.
  — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2022
• As the months passed in her new home in Afghanistan, the girl loved getting henna painted on her hands and dressing up in new clothes, the Afghan couple said.
  — Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2022
• Then, face and henna painting will be available for purchase from 1 to 3 p.m.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2023
• Shannon leaned down from her perch, her gaze fixed on my locks, and asked me if henna was part of my religion.
  — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• In addition to the rides, there was a T-shirt making booth, henna painting and a balloon artist.
  — Gina Grillo, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• Over 60 of the school’s clubs had booths selling everything from green tea to henna tattoos.
  — Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2017
• The bride, whose hands and feet were decorated with henna, wore a maroon and gold lehenga, and the groom a cream and white sherwani.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2022
• Her daughter, Zeniya Verdin Williams, took up a third of the table with her henna drawing station.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2022
• The artist used natural brown henna to decorate the Kate’s right hand with a small flower.
  — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2018
• Face painters and henna painters will be there, as will crafters selling Mexican goods.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 July 2021
• What’s the significance of having a henna tattoo on the bump?
  — Andrea Cheng, Billboard, 26 May 2017
• The lounge is hosting its First Friday event from 8 to 11 p.m. with live music and painting, henna art and tarot readings.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
• His desperate parents plastered his head with black henna, a dye that is used as a folk cure.
  — Washington Post, 3 May 2018
• The process goes like this: While the customer is stretched out on a tiled table in the steam room, a mixture of Moroccan soap and henna is applied to soften the skin.
  — Gregory Burnett, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2021
• There were plenty of close-ups of her hands decorated in henna, which had taken six hours to paint.
  — New York Times, 8 Jan. 2022
• Lakshmi is a former henna artist and herbalist from Jaipur, now living in Shimla, in the foothills of the Himalayas.
  — Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
• The Dance Marathon Charity will be providing face painting, hair wraps and henna on all three days.
  — Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• And if Nishat’s family weren’t enough to keep them apart, there’s also the fact that the two women are competing to see who’s the better henna artist for a school project.
  — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 7 June 2022
• Girls in hijabs gathered around tables to paint henna designs on their hands.
  — Andy Ngo, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
• During the Hindu event that takes place one or two days before the wedding, the bride's hands and feet are adorned with intricate henna designs.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
• Hanam Tauqeer Khan has been named the fastest henna artist in San Antonio, decorative hands down.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Beyond henna, most Senegalese face masks are simply fruit, says Diop.
  — Kristie Dash, Allure, 25 Mar. 2018
• This man, about fifty or sixty, in a white kurta and skullcap with henna in his beard, is seated on a high bank so that his legs are visible above the counter that faces the street.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
• Cleopatra may be famed for her eyeliner, but the Egyptian ruler was also known to tint her lips with a mixture of carmine and henna, Avon reports.
  — Janine Puhak, Fox News, 28 July 2018
• The faithful sport colorful outfits and women stain their hands with henna to take part in communal prayers and feasts.
  — Morgan Coates, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• There is a collection of camels sitting in the sand, ready to ride; a henna artist to adorn arms and hands with intricate designs; and a row of hookahs for post-dinner puffing.
  — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 5 July 2017
• The brewery’s 10th anniversary celebration at its Ivy City home includes $5 beers all day, multiple bands, free pinball and arcade games, and face painting and henna tattoos.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023

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