Sentence examples for sinister bent from inspiring English sources
Or you can use plants that have a sinister bent to accentuate the mysterious qualities of a shady garden, like species with near-black foliage, or the popular arisaemas with their cobra-like flowers and supersize leaves.
The kiddie humour, the sinister bent, the hint of wish-fulfilment, all come through straight away in the opening story, "Pigtails, Ltd", about Miss Rawlings who collects little girls.
When he falls into the clutches of Opus Dei, shown as a sinister, bullying organisation hell-bent on blackmail, the reader cannot help supporting the fallible human being against the calculated manipulations of a sadistic priesthood.
Wedekind and the Tiger Lillies is a pretty nifty pairing in this Opera North production, designed with flair by Mark Holthusen to create a world that is always just out of kilter, with its bent lamp-posts and sinister, skewed windows.
She reviewed the coverage of Mr. Saatchi's 20-year career as the most important collector of British contemporary art and decided that his bent for staying silent left him looking, in her words, "sinister and shifty".
