How to Use sinister in a Sentence

sinister

adjective

• There was something sinister about him.
• This wasn’t in the sinister voice of the other questions.
  — Rachel Bloom, Marie Claire, 17 Nov. 2020
• The sound effects make birdsong and wind in the trees seem sinister.
  — oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2022
• Is this the work of the Virgin Mary or something more sinister?
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
• For Thais, his four-year-old reign has been more sinister.
  — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2020
• The group promised Dre a pass for the festival, but there were more sinister plans involved.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 21 Mar. 2023
• That alone may sound sinister but what Fox17 failed to include was the full context.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
• But the toy turns out to be quite sinister — and has ties to Jessica herself.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• As with many of his paintings, the bright and playful colors are lined with a sinister edge.
  — Lauren Smart, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
• But Cat Person, the movie, appears ready to up the stakes with a much more sinister stalking plot and some over-the-top thriller touches.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
• Seeps of water spilled out of the escarpments here and there, creating sinister black stripes against the smoky gray of the cliffs.
  — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2023
• Why did the oil refineries around Carquinez Straits seem sinister to me in the summer of 1956?
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• Hugh Grant is getting big buzz for his portrayal of the sinister man with a plan.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
• Suffice to say, a sinister presence with a nice set of chompers is lurking in the cargo hold, and is able to make short work of the doomed crew.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
• For some of the local children, the temple had a more sinister aspect.
  — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2021
• Amid a sinister sonic backdrop, the song sets out a tale of women targeted in the night.
  — Andrew Casillas, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2022
• Since as far back as March, Russian hackers have been on a sinister tear.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 14 Dec. 2020
• To engage with them was to look in a mirror and find a sinister creature staring back.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
• His phone was always calling to me, like my own phone did, only in a more sinister way.
  — Lauren Oyler, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2021
• There is some thought that this was a sinister right-wing attempt to test and demonstrate what dark money can do.
  — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2021
• The title of J Blakeson's sleekly sinister neo-noir is tongue and cheek.
  — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
• That’s far from the only sinister aspect of the flamboyant one-time Tiger King’s saga.
  — Kathy Passero, al, 28 Sep. 2020
• So to make a movie where the biggest fan is this sinister force, the literal devil, just felt timely to me.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 26 July 2024
• The cocoa butter that first drew Nella to Hazel turns out to have a sinister meaning.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The New Republic, 20 May 2021
• Of course, this look is truly Gaga, with a dark and sinister green tone that recalls the aesthetics of the Joker film, made more stark by the bleached brows.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
• When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Machine Gun Kelly star in this thriller about an online truth or dare game that takes a sinister turn.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 29 Aug. 2022
• From sinister secret rooms to mysterious razor blades, read on for the most bizarre finds of the bunch.
  — Jada Jackson, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2021
• The station showed videos from her account in which Francisquini worse a sinister red mask with pointy ears and black horns.
  — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
• Here, the sinister nature of the did-it-really-happen-or-not incident in question brings to light a gauntlet-flinging parental conflict with no détente in sight.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025