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

Another cautionary tale from Jewish and Muslim folklore revolves around the djinn, a nonhuman entity made of smokeless fire, that can occasionally be bound by humans and chained to their will.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

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

This would be the moment that Aziz—peeking from between a row of spark plugs—would see her new husband stop up a volcanic rage, as if it was a bottled djinn.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri