jinni

Example Sentences

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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

My two greatest weapons are the Quran and my jinni oil.”

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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. 

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I could see the jinni was in her eyes.

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

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir