How to Use jinx in a Sentence

jinx

1 of 2 noun

• That guy is a jinx.
• She threatened to put a jinx on him.
• He felt like he'd finally broken the jinx.
• Moore-McNeil hasn't missed a shot (jinx) and has 13 points.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2023
• Brandt says the idea of that jinx stems from an early defeat in St. Louis.
  — Teresa M. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
• That could change this year; at least three of those teams have a real chance of breaking the jinx.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2016
• Of course, ending the first-round playoff jinx will be the key, as Martinez knows.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• This is not about the Sports Illustrated jinx for a change.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 24 Oct. 2017
• Baseball jinxes are baloney, but the strong run the 28-year-old Shackelford is on is for real.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• But gifs, jokes, and jinxes aside, the thread was chock-full of folk remedies used to banish headaches and migraines.
  — Evelyn Wang, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2017
• The entire home run derby jinx is urban legend, with no facts to back it up.
  — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• Wait a minute, the Sports Illustrated jinx isn’t real at all.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• So while the Cubs may have had a black cat jinx, Flood was never too worried about that old black magic himself.
  — Paul Lukas, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• Despite the storied history of the jinx, there are many outliers.
  — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• Maybe, just maybe, she had been hit with the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2019
• Is there a greater jinx going than being universally declared the best team in the wide-open NFC?
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• And the Radio Waves jinx has been especially strong on morning shows.
  — Ben Fong-Torres, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2018
• The white-haired trainer smashed a jinx that stood for 136 years when Justify splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby by 2½ lengths on Saturday.
  — Beth Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2018
• An old jinx could be disproved, and history would be written if Mendelssohn wears the garland of red roses.
  — Beth Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
• Players began twiddling the tips of their fingers in Yates’s direction, as if trying to cast a jinx.
  — Seth Berkman, New York Times, 28 June 2016
• But until they are knocked off, South Africa still has history on their side and have reminded India of their jinx in a battle of the mind games.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
• Plus, a look at how several stars this decade, including Sam Smith, are beating the sophomore jinx.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2017
• So don’t think some kind of favorite jinx might derail Ohio State quarterbacks Justin Fields this season.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2020
• After the Three Lions ended the jinx, fans couldn't contain their excitement and reacted by throwing beer in the air.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 3 July 2018
• There is no sophomore jinx or drop-off in talent in second-year defensive tackle Michael Pierce.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 31 July 2017
• Don’t wear that again Then there are perceived jinxes regarding uniforms.
  — Teresa M. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
• Ancient Greeks at the original Olympics wrote jinxes against their rivals on lead strips and ate raw testicles before events.
  — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
• The crash of Phobos-Grunt continued Russia’s befuddling Mars jinx.
  — Gregory Mone, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2013
• Asked last week about his team getting through the first nine weeks of the season without someone testing positive for the virus, Washington coach Ron Rivera jokingly called that a jinx.
  — Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• Naturally, twitter was extremely excited for the end of the jinx.
  — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 3 July 2018

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jinx

2 of 2 verb

• His luck has been so bad he feels jinxed.
• I thought they were going to win but I didn't say so because I didn't want to jinx them.
• At the risk of jinxing the Pelicans the rest of the way, this series looks over.
  — NOLA.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Of all the seasons Russell Wilson has played in the league, this would be the worst one to jinx him.
  — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2018
• The place, as any Liberian will tell you, is both haunted and jinxed.
  — Helene Cooper, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2017
• Evan Faulkner, 21, of Coventry, Conn., tried hard not to jinx the Bruins.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• The Astros lost and Abbott was roasted for jinxing the team.
  — Peggy Fikac, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2018
• Only a player or someone in the dugout can jinx a no-hitter.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2021
• Quintana didn’t want to jinx it and say anything to his family.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2019
• In an attempt to not jinx himself, Doncic raised his right hand again and twice tapped his knuckles to his head.
  — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
• Borschberg had been nervous not to jinx the final leg of the mission, and his fear would later be considered foresight.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2013
• The New Republic’s Walter Shapiro just jinx the entire country?
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera knocked on the table to avoid jinxing his good fortune.
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, charlotteobserver, 15 Sep. 2017
• Hope reached high after the third inning, all the way to section 415, but sitting alone practically at the top of Minute Maid, Tom Barlow didn't want to jinx it.
  — Mark Collette, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• The breaking of the Western Conference finals jinx last spring also puts an end to the question that the Clippers can be built for a championship.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• The next season, a billboard near their hotel greeted the Cowboys boasting that Dallas would be jinxed by being forced to wear blue again.
  — Teresa M. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
• But jinxing is a very important science in the space reporting field.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 24 Apr. 2018
• Nobody wants to jinx anything, nobody wants to make any assumptions.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2018
• Frequent changes or unpredictable events can jinx your efforts.
  — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2020
• Democrats, including Joe Biden, are trying not to jinx themselves as the political tide seems to turn against President Trump.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 22 June 2020
• At the risk of jinxing it, January is kicking off with nearly perfect winter weather.
  — OregonLive.com, 2 Jan. 2018
• Hart stopped short of making any predictions to avoid jinxing Villanova.
  — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• At the risk of jinxing it: Congress might actually work together across party lines to fix a years-old problem with its budgets.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Feb. 2018
• This column is mostly just an attempt to jinx us into something resembling real drama over the next two weeks.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 30 May 2018
• Grant instead heard whispers from teammates and got a couple of exclamatory high fives, but there was no jinxing him.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• She was given the opportunity to ditch the headband for the finale, but then was reminded that cooking without wearing one might jinx her.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2021
• Although the hospital executive offered to explain the situation if Oberst called back, Oberst didn't want to jinx it.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2020
• Page has a number of exciting projects coming up, and even more exciting rumors swirling around, but the private star won't jinx anything with speculation.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 May 2021
• Barring any more twists in the saga (which probably just jinxed it), May will remain in power, and can’t face another leadership challenge from her own party for another 12 months.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
• Meanwhile, the Black Cat Incident, as it was dubbed, became another chapter in the Cubs' long-running history of misery, with the ebony feline—a notorious symbol of bad luck, of course—blamed for jinxing the team.
  — Paul Lukas, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2019

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