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How to use genie in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Genie means a jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. Example: “Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out.”

Examples of genie by meaning

nounA fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

  • genie in a bottle

More sentences with genie

  • Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out.From the entry rub
  • Suppose you have a genie that grants you three wishes. If you wish for infinite wishes, that is a meta wish.From the entry meta
  • I don't think there's any hope of repealing this city's silly parking bylaw. The genie is out of the bottle, sadly.From the entry the genie is out of the bottle
  • People are very worried about artificial intelligence, but there's no way now to put the genie back in the bottle.From the entry put the genie back in the bottle
  • It's been widely rumored the network was planning to cancel the show, but now the genie is out of the bottle and fans are furious.From the entry the genie is out of the bottle
  • Another way to get your wish granted is to find a lamp with a genie in it.2025, Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper, page 21. From the entry antique
  • In the ears of the young the genies whisper what was unsayable.2020, David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue. From the entry bottle smasher
  • “Genies, fairies, whatever, what's the difference, bring them here I want to talk to them,”2010, Patricia O'Grady, Tales of the Whosawhachits: Key Holder of the Realms:Book 1. From the entry what's the difference
  • Genie swung a full-handed slap that sent the gaudily dressed cop staggering back.1964, Keith Laumer, The Great Time Machine Hoax. From the entry full-handed
  • But the genies we let loose stay loose.2020, David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue. From the entry bottle smasher
  • And I don't know if genies only exist in fairy tales, but I've been going antiquing with my mom on weekends in case they're actually real.2025, Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper, page 21. From the entry antique

Meaning of genie

  1. noun A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. noun A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

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Questions about genie in a sentence

How do you use genie in a sentence?
Genie is used as a noun. For example: “Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out.”
What is a short sentence with genie?
“genie in a bottle”
What does genie mean?
Genie means a jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genie (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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