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
  • There will be shopping, rides, henna and face painting.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Kids can partake in face panting, henna, and plenty more as the evening ticks along.
    — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2022
  • But on Sunday night, the bride doesn’t just have her hands painted with henna.
    — Guy Martin, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2016
  • 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
  • His desperate parents plastered his head with black henna, a dye that is used as a folk cure.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2018
  • Girls in hijabs gathered around tables to paint henna designs on their hands.
    — Andy Ngo, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
  • The humble henna plant, famed for its vibrant dye, could hold the key to healing scarred livers.
    — New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Face painters and henna painters will be there, as will crafters selling Mexican goods.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 July 2021
  • His children were training to do piercings and henna tattoos.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 28 May 2021
  • This special event will include storytime, food, crafts and henna art.
    — Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For Muslim women, henna is another way to dress up for the holy day.
    — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Anyone who wishes to try a henna design must complete a consent form.
    — Houston Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The festival also will feature henna art, face painting and food trucks.
    — Cal Martinez, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
  • Over 60 of the school’s clubs had booths selling everything from green tea to henna tattoos.
    — Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2017
  • There will be food, music, dance, artisanal vendors, a photo booth, henna and more.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond henna, most Senegalese face masks are simply fruit, says Diop.
    — Kristie Dash, Allure, 25 Mar. 2018
  • What’s the significance of having a henna tattoo on the bump?
    — Andrea Cheng, Billboard, 26 May 2017
  • The artist used natural brown henna to decorate the Kate’s right hand with a small flower.
    — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Not even when a bony lady in her eighties stepped onto the floor in a gown sequined with lizards that ran up her arms and neck to her henna-red wig.
    — Betty Fussell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Middle Eastern women have been using henna as a hair dye for centuries.
    — Hajar Mohammad, Allure, 10 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Syed and Mehdi also like to do henna for young children and families.
    — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Participants could also get henna art on their hands and have light refreshments.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Food and beverages will be available, and artists doing sketches, face painting and henna body art will be on the premises.
    — Greg Crawford and Ashley Zlatopolsky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2017
  • That changed when a friend invited her to make henna tattoos and rangoli for a cultural event at the local library.
    — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The mehndi ceremony is where the women of the family get henna designs on their hands.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022

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