insidious

Example Sentences

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Times columnist Patt Morrison, Smoglandia traces the rise, impact, and retreat of the city’s most insidious pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"The cold is a very insidious enemy, it should not be underestimated," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

And while this image of a police chief is at odds with the much more varied and often insidious, violent truths of police work, Marge is a character torn right out of a Midwestern reality.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

"In this series, we try to uncover the truth about what is beneath our feet, hear from the communities affected, and understand how something so insidious could stay buried for so long," Sheen added.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

I suspect Haymitch initially, but then there's a more insidious fear that the Capitol may by monitoring and confining me.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins