Sentence examples similar to hints of sinister from inspiring English sources
Yet there are also oblique hints of more sinister processes at work.
Until the shah's "stable" regime collapsed, phrases like "non-Arab" and "Indo-European" were routinely used to express approval of Iran; now of course the adjective "Islamic" recurs numbingly, and with it hints of a sinister "Islamic resurgence," trailing anti-Semitism, fundamentalism, totalitarianism.
With their deep, dark coloring, blackberries have a hint of the sinister about them.
Richardson projected a personality unique in the British theatre, one that was charming and refined, but also mischievous and capable of hinting at sinister or tragic depths in the characters he played.
"What would people say?" They worried, as if these shocking details were just the first hints of a much more sinister biography.
His toolbox is that of a reporter turned crime writer: he sets up every scene with descriptions of interiors or landscape and with staccato portraits of the main characters, which invariably hint at sinister events to come.
Green played the clumsy district attorney in a bad court-room melodrama, accusing him of concealing his religious identity and hinting at sinister intrigue.
But there is a hint of something more sinister as we edge into a television studio, find dressing rooms decorated with horror-movie posters and hear news of the assassination of JFK.
They would look great in an overrun garden, hinting at sinister secret cults.
This sounds sort of sinister, but it wasn't.
