Sentence examples for rather sinister from inspiring English sources

Which makes it sound rather sinister, but no matter.

The meshed hoods have an eerie and rather sinister appearance once put over the head of their targets.

On the left, the reader could look at Khodorkovsky in his prime, complete with paunch and rather sinister smile.

It would not be difficult to see, were one looking for such things, a rather sinister agenda in all this.

In the completed film Tom Hanks was able to portray six characters, from a train conductor to a rather sinister Santa Claus.

A rather sinister dinner guest proposes to his host a contest: if he identifies the wine the host is pouring, he wins the hand of the host's daughter.

One – a rather sinister-looking early 20th-century medicine bottle – contained a lined sheet of paper.

Cool, but rather sinister-looking, wouldn't you agree?

As for the rather vague "sinister ambitions" she claims I had – well, my colleagues sadly refused to comment on how sinister I am, but they were all adamant that I'm "not in the slightest bit ambitious".

Other editorial decisions appear rather more sinister.

More often, Russia's officialdom is bumbling rather than sinister.