Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinxing
Verb
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Just tied them all together in about a five-minute reel of me cursing a blue streak.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025 -
Pray for your enemies instead of cursing them.—
Paul Prather,
Arkansas Online,
15 Nov. 2025
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Dykstra, 62, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing narcotics and narcotic-related equipment but was not taken into custody, trooper Kody Nowicki told The Athletic.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Brown has a prior felony gun conviction in Contra Costa that bars him from possessing firearms, according to the criminal complaint.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Jinxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinxing. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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