jinni

Example Sentences

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Said Mohammed turns to oils, spices and incantations when he is called on to hunt down and expel a jinni that is causing harm to humans. 

From National Geographic

I kept reading my verses until the jinni started crying and apologizing.

From National Geographic

There have been times when I would have to kill six goats to get a jinni to sign a contract to leave a house.

From National Geographic

Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.

From National Geographic

Like a jinni of air come to bring us all to our knees.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir