jinn

variants or jinns also djinn or djinns
plural of jinni

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jinn That was a concept that came from one of our artists in the region who said, OK, well, if there’s been centuries of battles between an evil jinn faction and humanity, perhaps some pieces of them would still remain in the world? Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter. The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 June 2026 In the centuries-old Cape Town Muslim community of my childhood, none of this was particularly unusual; older people spoke freely about ghosts or jinn, counseling us to take precautions of prayers, salt, incense, to limit our interaction with them. Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinn
Noun
  • Like genies, the sky's the limit for making your holiday wishes come true.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
  • One Aladdin Two Lamps contains spectacular genies of its own, particularly when the author follows her intuition.
    Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One of the Roundhouse’s biggest brags is an extensive liquor collection, highlighting spirits produced in New York State.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Rookie shortstop Kaelen Culpepper was sore but in good spirits on Sunday morning after he was struck by a pitch on the back of his right shoulder in Saturday’s victory.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Trinity depicts three angels, symbolizing the Christian Trinity, visiting the prophet Abraham.
    News Desk, Artforum, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Like Rick Nelson’s fools, the Zellners also rush in where angels fear to tread, and their love for the bizarre, the cool and the crazy is, like the epidemic of emotions facing the Alpha Gang, wildly infectious.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • To be fair, Snyder, who’s also credited as the film’s cinematographer, captures no shortage of admittedly stirring images throughout, especially those involving flickering light and brooding shadows.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Bluesign is stepping out from the supply chain shadows and into the world of consumers.
    Jessica Binns, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The two phantoms were designed to be adult females, since previous research found that breasts and ovaries are especially susceptible to radiation damage.
    Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • See-through specters haunt the backstage area of the Muppet theater, a Muppet News report warns of man-eating furniture, and Kermit turns the tables on Price during a long talk about acting by sprouting fangs and biting the horror icon’s neck.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 June 2026
  • African diasporic people’s contentious history with these formations of motherhood create specters of separation as reproductive injustice.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

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“Jinn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinn. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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