jinx hit sb
Frequency: 6.57.2 per million words
when bad luck or a curse suddenly affects a person or group
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Examples (10)
- The team feared a jinx would hit them before the final game.
- After losing three times, it felt like a jinx had hit the player.
- A strange jinx seems to have hit our entire department this month.
- She worried that her recent success would be followed by a jinx hitting her.
- Many believed a family jinx had hit them, causing repeated misfortunes.
- Despite their precautions, the bad luck jinx eventually hit the expedition.
- If a jinx truly hits someone, is there any way to break it?
- He felt as though an unavoidable jinx was about to hit him again.
- The manager was convinced a jinx had hit his star player, leading to poor performance.
- We must be careful not to invite a jinx to hit us with overconfidence.