Sentence examples for sinister past from inspiring English sources

Thomas Goppel, general-secretary of the Christian Social Union, a Bavarian sister party to the Christian Democrats, said, "It is unacceptable to have Germany represented abroad by someone with such a sinister past".

With estate agents waxing lyrical about the "smell of the sea, the scent of pines and  panoramic views of nature" you could almost be forgiven for forgetting the sinister past of  the luxury Baltic seaside apartments at New Prora, which were purpose built for 20,000 members of Adolf Hitler's Aryan "master race".

Yes, more aliens come searching for it dressed as Victorians, and there are delicious hints that the Comunidad Ingles has a sinister past that it refuses ever to speak of, but behind the (rather good) jokes and defiant strangeness, a questing heart beats, one looking for meaning in a cheap, godless holiday.

If you never liked "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," though you tried to like it but the dialogue seemed uptight, and the glimpses of the sinister past so Halloweeny, and you never fully understood the connection between adolescent alienation and the supernatural because as a teenager you liked realistic stuff that told you how to get by, then you may have a chance to redeem yourself with "Hex".

The Salem witch trials took place more than three centuries ago, but the city's fascination with its sinister past lives on.

The Mayans believed they were sacred gateways to the underworld, and while you may still find relics of their sinister past, these days you can visit the crystal clear waters for snorkeling, scuba diving, and swimming.

On the other side are the armed insurgents, many with sinister pasts.

Mr Meciar's party did worse than expected, getting 15 mandates.Mr Meciar is a shadow of his former self, and his party has evolved a lot from its sinister, thuggish past.

Steps away from the sanitized, commercialized and pacified Times Square is a portal to a sinister urban past, where two-bit hoods lay sprawled in pools of blood with stogies clenched in their lifeless jaws, watched over by the police and the curious alike.

Was her fang-banging past more sinister than saucy?

A Palestinian, Emily Jacir, uses a hidden camera to record her daily commute, on foot, past a sinister Israeli checkpoint.