jinx

Example Sentences

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Asked if he was playing as well as he ever has, he replied: "I don't want to jinx it so I will keep my mouth shut on that question."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

"I don't want to jinx it, but I feel like it's gone very, very well," says Ricky.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

“I don’t want to jinx it,” said Seckeita Lewis, who was flying Friday from San Francisco to Dallas on American Airlines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Thompson has plans to produce something for DaCosta, a TV adaptation of a book, but is still in the process of finalizing the rights and is reluctant to jinx it by saying the title.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Mercury had long been the jinx world of the System, but this was drawing it rather strong—even for a jinx.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov