My car is breaking down so often these days … since I’ve started giving a ride to my neighbour.  I think he is the jinx.  (or … “I think he put a jinx on my car!” or … I’m pretty convinced he’s put some jinx on it!”)

There are several stories in which we hear an innocent person being killed because others thought he/she was a jinx.

There are occasions when some good but unlucky players in a team suffering from continuous losses are removed from the team just because the other players, coach and manager think that they are jinxes bringing bad luck to the team.

In the most superstitious film industry, actors are often labelled as jinxes when a couple of their films fail at the box office, and other producers and directors refuse to give those jinxes roles in their films.