sinister
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"We think something happened that night and we don't know if it was an accident or if it was something more sinister, because there's nothing to show what happened."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Munn’s acerbic, ambitious Levitt is a woman from humble beginnings who marries into wealth, only to become a social pariah after a sinister plot involving her husband is revealed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
In Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama, stairwells are sinister.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
A more sinister figure lurks behind Rodriguez in interior and justice minister Diosdado Cabello, Pachon notes.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
He saw himself as a crusader, a champion of the underdog, an enemy of sinister authority.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing sinister
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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