genie

Example Sentences

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We stopped by a wishing well, where a worker handed me a token to throw down to an animated genie who promised to grant my desires.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

The Epstein genie is out of the bottle.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

Selena Gomez is here, double nominee tonight, and she's here with her new fiancé Benny Blanco, and Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

The genie of legal sports betting is never going back into its bottle.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

But in reality, it wasn’t more than a few seconds before the genie let out one final shriek, and Merriweather sucked them both back into the Mirror.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley