sinister
Example Sentences
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“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
The tech giant denies retaliating against Woodall and argues she became "paranoid" after whistleblowing and began to view normal business activities as "sinister".
From BBC
If Park’s film begins as another lament for our layoff-laden modern world, the South Korean director soon introduces a sinister twist.
From Los Angeles Times
Justice Samuel Alito has objected strongly to that term, calling it unfairly “sinister.”
In movies about stuff like this, there’s often a sinister air around the memory-tweaking scientist character.
From Los Angeles Times
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