Sentence examples for sinister desire from inspiring English sources

I don't know whether this amnesia is due to embarrassment or fear of reparations or, indeed, a sinister desire to keep the electorate ignorant and pliable.

But the proliferation of multi-sequel franchises and movies that cannibalize comic books, television shows and other movies suggests a more sinister desire: to perfect a product that will be not only critic proof but audience-proof, a movie that will be immune to word of mouth.

The Sun newspaper even proclaimed "we can't let Ohuruogu be face of 2012",  although it was the young Ohuruogu's giddiness, rather than a sinister desire to deceive, which was the reason for those missed tests.

As we lumber down a pothole-ridden alleyway lit by gas lamps giving off a sinister glow, the desire to leave the taxi isn't particularly strong.

Or, in a more sinister vein, the desired truth "just kind of sails overhead / like a turkey vulture, on parenthetical wing, / empty as a cupboard".

Their murkiness is somewhat sinister, frustrating the eyes' implicit desire to see and understand.

A poignant and sinister meditation on beauty, obsession and desire.

But according to federal prosecutors, Mr. Volpe's motives were far more sinister; they said he was acting out of a desire to seek a lower sentence and an abiding hatred for Mr. Wiese.

The rather sinister sounding "whole game solution" is a manifestation of that desire to be at the centre of the debate, he said.

But my neediness which is really an uncomfortable desire for reassurance is the product of something far more sinister: my OCD.

The few diehards will be left to pine for this sinister suspect alone, until they move onto the next distorted object of desire.