sinister
Example Sentences
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"She'd started talking to this person on Roblox for so long, nothing sinister, chit chat," said the victim's mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her daughter.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The movie’s real draw is its blissfully sinister sound design, which utilizes the podcaster lifestyle to go full maximalist while the film’s visual landscape remains sparse and disquieting.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 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
Horning suspected something more sinister was at play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
For a while she thought of herself as a kind of medical Chaucer, whose wards thronged with colorful types, coves, topers, old hats, nice dears with a sinister secret to tell.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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