Sentence examples for it a sinister from inspiring English sources
Ellet's decision to paint the ship black gave it a sinister quality.
The poet Elizabeth Barrett's 1846 letter to her beloved, Robert Browning, gave it a sinister overtone: "I cannot watch, being afraid of the overwatchers".
It is almost four hundred feet long, with a distinctive upside-down prow that gives it a sinister aspect, as if it were a submarine only temporarily surfacing from the depths.
That of course avoids the uncanny valley pitfall that designers of humanoid robots still run into — whereby the disconnect between how simultaneously similar and dissimilar a human-esque creation looks to a (genuine) human eye lends it a sinister or otherwise unpleasant aura.
Like Clownhouse before it, Powder contains several moments where knowledge of Salva's past lends it a sinister air.
The Sri Lankan government dismissed the video as a fake, calling it, "A sinister attempt to bring disrepute to the government".
It gives him a sinister and more alien look.
It seems banal, but it carries a sinister message: looking good equals looking young.
If you'd like to read more about the fraud in olive oil and -- yes, it's a sinister world of, dare I say it, oily characters -- read Tom Mueller's book Extra-Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil.
If it is a sinister, depressing or thriller whatever, then it is a good idea to go with a dark word, like "Imitation Black" or "Acute" or something.
"With Mr Berlusconi," she explains, "it was always about power, but not about using it in a sinister or negative way".
