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Meanings of more sinister in English

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Usage of more sinister in English
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This was when the home invasion-turned-murder, devolved into something far more sinister.
The South African
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The personal pain that made the crime even that much more sinister.
Terminal Compromise
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Many of them are far more sinister than they appear to be.
The Meaning of Witchcraft
4
Not that he appeared older: the impression was less natural, more sinister.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 08
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But it was a far more sinister and constricting world at night.
Mutated
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He didn't want anything more sinister afoot than children up to mischief.
Too wicked to kiss
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Is she just tone deaf or something more sinister? another user wrote.
News.com.au
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Never had a light more sinister illumined the depths of human darkness.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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Was there something more sinister behind his warning to move the herd?
Colorado abduction
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She was convinced that there was a more sinister reason for it.
The lady elizabeth
11
Breezes rustled the fronds above with a more sinister sound than earlier.
The Hyperion Cantos
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But there are more sinister things you can do with a mommet.
The Name of the Wind
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Even our most harmless pastimes can take on a more sinister dimension.
The Irish Times
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But another and more sinister danger threatened him, should he escape drowning.
Bobby of the Labrador
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Tristan, whose face became more sinister with every moment, addressed the recluse,-
Notre-Dame de Paris
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Suddenly, the charming little village I had created was more sinister- aprison
The Storyteller
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