sinister
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"The truth is far more sinister and darker than that."
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
About an hour later, they recalled in interviews, the fishermen spotted a more sinister sight overhead: a pair of drones.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
Phil, the dorky and faintly sinister middle-aged employee of Async, explains to Mary that his company used to make MRI machines.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, discuss theories on why the hell anyone would do this and whether it’s just weird or actually sinister.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
And as to the woman who would not take my handkerchief in exchange for her bread, why, she was right, if the offer appeared to her sinister or the exchange unprofitable.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing sinister
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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