How to Use juju in a Sentence

juju

noun
  • Needless to say, the Giants' good juju took a turn for the worse.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In some ways, stocks are trading at record highs because of the bad juju in America’s economy, not in spite of it.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Or maybe all McIlroy’s bad juju this week will call in its debts, and this week at Aronimink will end in a whimper.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • Watching MacKinnon take a puck to the right knee late in the second stanza portended the wrong kind of juju.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • Yes, that was the men’s basketball team destroying the bad juju from the previous two seasons with a strong run in the conference tournament.
    — Brian Robin, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
  • Walter Sam believes in the magical power of accurately wielding words as well as the bad juju that comes with spouting them all willy-nilly.
    — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Whatever juju, imagined or self-made, permeating throughout the Braves’ roster over the last few weeks was exorcised Wednesday.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
  • The hockey wonks up in the Grading The Week offices are a superstitious lot, especially where playoff juju is concerned.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Emiliano Grillo The Argentinian’s juju is probably solid because his native country is the reigning World Cup champion and has a realistic chance of going back-to-back this summer.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

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