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Meanings of sinister figure in English

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Usage of sinister figure in English
1
In the dark depths was a sinister figure, the master criminal himself.
The Exploits of Elaine
2
He pictured the sinister figure of the grim Puritan leader condemned to death.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
3
You say nothing about that shadowy and sinister figure, the gardener.
The Woman in Black
4
Renard, a faintly sinister figure in his customary black, was hovering nearby, she noticed.
The lady elizabeth
5
Presently the sinister figure was lost in the confusion.
The Judgment House
6
Barrow, the gay butler, has lurked as a potentially sinister figure since the series started.
Radio NZ
7
He would make the sinister figure move and his hand dropped toward his pistol belt.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
8
He was at once a powerful and sinister figure.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
9
A weird and sinister figure of a man appeared.
The Exploits of Elaine
10
And under the moon lay a great sinister figure like the terrible face of a dragon.
Kari the Elephant
11
Again the sinister figure of Farnaby confronted him.
The Fallen Leaves
12
Robert had never beheld a more sinister figure.
The Hunters of the Hills
13
Striding toward him, tall and imperious, spear in hand, a dark yet ghostly white sinister figure!
The Tarn of Eternity
14
Upon the social horizon now appeared the sinister figure of the trained desperado, the professional bad man.
The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado
15
At just this moment he caught the sinister figure of Saleratus Bill moving along the sunken ledge.
The Rules of the Game
16
The Kearney girl stared brazenly at him as she strolled slowly by, a slim and sinister figure.
Cheerful—By Request
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