7 sentences with 'sinister'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sinister and other words derived from it.
• « They believed that union organizers were sinister manipulators misleading the honest, ordinary working people of America: and, indeed, such was Henry Ford's belief. "In reality, they are nothing but tools in the hands of the chief exploiters," he once declared. »
• « In ancient India and pre-Columbian America it was held, as in Mesopotamia, that tooth decay was caused by a sinister worm nesting in man's teeth. »
• « Overeating always carries serious dangers. Perhaps this is why the sinister tradition persists of offering a succulent meal, as the only and last privilege, to all prisoners condemned to death. »
• « This was not a grand and sinister master plan, but a series of pragmatic political calculations, usually directed by senior royal officials rather than the kings themselves. »
• « The mecca of science fiction; the planet that was always believed to be inhabited by sinister beings who would invade Earth; the place where we travel as we do today to find the trap of our loved ones, now dead, in a new happy life in that childhood home we long for. »