One night he, pretending to be asleep, saw his wife rise, anoint herself and fly out of the window.
Another tale is of a girl who saw her mother rise out of bed, anoint herself and fly out of the window.
There was a morsel of sheep's wool which I dipped into the charm, even the blood of the Centaur, that I might anoint therewith the robe which ye saw me send to my husband.
But when she shall deck herself with them, she shall perish, so deadly are the poisons with which I shall anoint them.
Chewing tobacco enables them to pass much of their time, and the rich diligently anoint themselves with ghee, whilst the poorer classes use remnants of fat from the lamps.
Let her anoint my door with wolf fat, and let her sit at my hearth,' said I to him.
And since there is no other way, let her ornament the door of my house, let her anoint it with wolf's fat, and let her sit at my hearth as wife.
And men of that country, that know the manner, let bind them up, or else might they not live, and anoint them with ointments made therefore, to hold them up.
So the Arabs of East Africa anoint themselves with lion's fat in order to gain courage and inspire the animals with awe of themselves.
Take the stinking oil drawn out of polypody of the oak by a retort, mixed with turpentine and hive-honey, and anoint your bait therewith, and it will doubtless draw the fish to it.
But Antinous reviled him for his faintheartedness, and made Melanthius bring fat to anoint the bow and make it supple; yet even thus they strove in vain to stretch it.
Then the words of Nessos came back to Deianeira, and she hastened to anoint a broidered robe, for she thought only that the love of Herakles had passed away from her, and that she must win it to herself again.
Then Quoth he, " 'tis also requisite that thouanoint me with somewhat shall make the colour of my face like unto thine.
Go then, and declare thy word to thy son and hide it not, but first wash thee and anoint thy face, and go not as thou art with thy cheeks all stained with tears.
And very early in the morning bathe him and anoint him, that within the house beside Telemachus he may eat meat, sitting quietly in the hall.
And her mother gave her soft olive oil also in a golden cruse, that she and her maidens might anoint themselves after the bath.
Make the feathers even at the tips and tie the ends with a very fine thread, and anoint with much rosaceum.
Triturate ceruse with wine and rose oil in a leaden mortar with a leaden pestle and anoint with it' (III.
Dercetes of Phyle, anointmine eyes quickly with your balm of peace.
Perching himself upon the top of a hill, that his parable may not be brought to an untimely end, he speaks to the multitude: "The Trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them.
Another beauty is to have the hair very long, and very thick; and for this purpose they anoint their head and body with a perfumed oil.
They anoint their lips with a kind of perfumed pomatum, which makes them appear very pale; they have little beard, and that they pluck out by the roots; nor is it customary with them to pare their nails.
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit.
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Homer very neatly expresses the difference of these two habits, where he brings in Juno dressing herself:-- With sweet ambrosia first she washed her skin, And after did anoint herself with oil.
It appears to have been customary to anoint the sacred cone with olive oil at a solemn festival, in which people from Lycia and Caria participated.
The priests then anoint his head with a mystic decoction and invoke the god in a long and wild chorus.
To this day the old custom appears to survive at Paphos, for "in honour of the Maid of Bethlehem the peasants of Kuklia anointed lately, and probably still anoint each year, the great corner-stones of the ruined Temple of the Paphian Goddess.
In order to make a tooth fall, Gaddesden advises the application of dried crow’s dung reduced to powder, or else to anoint it with the fat of a green frog.
The fat of the green frog which lives upon the trees breaks teeth which are anointed with it the same as when you anoint them with milk of alscebram or titimallo, and similarly also the milk of celso with yellow arsenic.
For I have found in my books that there is a certain herb and all who express its juice and anoint therewith their feet shall walk upon whatsoever sea Almighty Allah hath made, without wetting sole.
When we have found the magical herb, we will let her go her way; and then will we anoint our feet with the juice and cross the Seven Seas, till we come to the burial place of our lord Solomon.
Then went Arthur to Gelli Wic, in Cornwall, to anoint himself, and to rest from his fatigues.
And anoint him with this balsam, near his heart; and if there is life in him, he will arise through the efficacy of this balsam.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "anoint" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
