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
After a stint bottled up in the Bosporus, the djinn lands with thwarted polymath Zefir.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022
When they unite, Solomon casts the jealous djinn into the Red Sea in a flask.
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
