sinister
Example Sentences
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"She'd started talking to this person on Roblox for so long, nothing sinister, chit chat," said the victim's mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her daughter.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
In Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama, stairwells are sinister.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
This fourth problem makes the first three look like sinister, rather than innocent, bureaucratic snafus.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
Horning suspected something more sinister was at play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
The sinister blunt head moved in a lazy rhythm, its forked tongue flickering endlessly in and out, the round bead-like jet eyes never leaving his for an instant.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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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