genie
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
"I don't know how they're going to put the genie back in the bottle," Lee told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
A typical plot could have a down-on-his-luck young man meeting a friendly genie or a couple from different classes defying all odds and melodrama to marry.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
“We may not be able to put this genie back into the bottle,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“So just like that, the proverbial genie is out of the bottle and it’s on videotape that I’m going to UCLA,” Easley would recall many years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
It was of brown glass and the light of the kerosene lamp was reflected in it as if there was a little genie trapped inside.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
The entire industry is an illusion: actors, dialogue, costumes, sets, editing, even the magic of performers appearing on small screens with a snap, like genies summoned to amuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
For centuries there have been stories that it harboured jinns, or genies.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2021
Daniel, one of the genies, once had a couple ask for their suite to be filled with flowers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
But on their comic-dramatic journey, the two encounter genies, monsters and villains — and become friends.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2015
This is a rule that even genies follow.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing genie
