Examples of “genie” in a Sentence

noun A supernatural spirit in Arabic and Islamic folklore, often invisible, capable of taking human or animal form.

• Old tales describe a genie who lives in the desert and hides from people.
• The storyteller explained that a genie can appear as a man or a snake.

noun A magical being in stories who serves whoever controls the container it's bound to, typically granting wishes.

• The boy rubbed the old lamp and hoped a genie would appear.
• In the story, a genie grants the fisherman three wishes.
• The kids pretended the lamp had a genie trapped inside it.
• Once the genie is out of the bottle, there's no putting it back.