sinister
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"The evidence gathered during the investigation into his untimely death revealed a much more sinister pathology," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
It wasn’t just the silicone that media outlets had branded suspicious and sinister.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
Critics, Alito said at the time, were falsely suggesting that the court was behaving in a sinister fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Blackcliff’s students are on leave, and the scrape of my sandals is the only sound to break the sinister quiet of the place.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Vocabulary lists containing sinister
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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