djinn

Example Sentences

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Add liberal doses of djinn and divine relics, and you have yourself a stew.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

This impulse is an ancient one: The idea that one might bind a djinn, create a golem or manipulate a god or fairy to do your bidding is inscribed deep in the human imagination.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

In the book, the djinn and the scholar attend a second conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Back in Istanbul, the scholar buys a “nightingale’s eye” bottle at the bazaar, from which a djinn emerges in her hotel room to grant her three wishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

At any moment, I expected an Egyptian plague, an arrow of Shiva, or a raging djinn, but none came.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri