Sentence examples for sinister approach from inspiring English sources

She wanted a sinister approach made up of gestures in the shadows, a meaningful glance here, a suppressed smile there.

Sidestepping the United Nations for parochial and regional bodies is a sinister approach that can only result in its death.

"There is not any kind of sinister approach by companies or individuals to make this happen," said Jeffrey Joerres, chief executive of Manpower Inc., the temporary-help agency, which places many low-wage workers.

"It's a very sinister approach to a very sinister product," said Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, who wrote action regulating use of e-smoking devices.

The recent Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report, How Fair is Britain?, has elicited a flurry of criticism from those who regard egalitarian commitment as a misguided, if not sinister, political approach.

But as we move toward an online "Adjustment Bureau," where brands use behavioral patterns to infer a customer's next step, I think we can all agree that many will label this strategy as sinister — an approach that removes the free will of browsing online.

A reviewer for Kerrang! wrote, "A truly inspired single... Garbage combine a slightly sinister acidic approach with an infectious melodic atmosphere and an alternative punch.

When he was sixteen, he told John a story based on an old folktale: A lonely little boy is on a bridge at dusk when a sinister man approaches.

The comedy turns sinister when Lena approaches Lucy for help shedding pounds but gets more than she bargains for when Lucy – after a slug of Rohypnol in a post-workout smoothie – imprisons her in a deserted apartment block on a starvation diet.

Not even the celebrated picture of the Italian merchant Arnolfini and his young pregnant wife painted by Jan Van Eyck in 1434 approaches the sinister undertones of Gossaert's portrayal of two estranged humans condemned by social constraints to live together in what the French call "solitude à deux".

Whittington, whom I recognized from photos I'd seen on some rather sinister antigovernment blog posts, approached with a man who surveyed the scene and pronounced it satisfactory.