sinister

Example Sentences

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In their joint statement, the NGOs said that demolitions in Makoko, and other settlements last year, were part of a "sinister agenda to grab land".

From BBC

This is not, for the most part, a sinister enterprise.

From Salon

They’re quite sinister and would certainly frighten off ghosts or thieves.

From Literature

But the court heard she did not think it was anything sinister.

From BBC

“It was painful to go through and see how Elizabeth was done … she went from this kind of innocent victim in the first reporting to this sinister, slinky woman, somehow responsible for her murder.”

From Los Angeles Times