sinister
Example Sentences
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The individual investors who perceived hedge funds as secretive, sinister market manipulators during the meme-stock craze of 2020-21 were invoking a deeply embedded meaning of the word “hedge” they might not have been aware of.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
It wasn’t just the silicone that media outlets had branded suspicious and sinister.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
But Pattison told the jury: "Mr Albadri's intention was not just focused on his application. The prosecution say he had other matters on his mind - matters far more sinister."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
In Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama, stairwells are sinister.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
He was sinister looking and uncommunicative, and had a terrible temper.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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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