Gregg Popovich

Sometimes, when life moves along, you're presented with situations where you find it necessary to speak because so many people either seem to be afraid to or, more sinister, are unwilling to face things and let things go and worry about their own situations.

American Coach

D. H. Lawrence

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.

English Writer

Robert Plant

The trouble is now, with rock'n'roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a magnificent thing, where it was special and quite elusive and occasionally a little sinister and it had its own world nobody could get in.

British Musician

Jack Lowden

I don't take myself seriously in the slightest, so it does amaze me that I've ended up being in all these very dark, sinister plays. But I love it because, touch wood, I'm lucky enough not to have that level of darkness in my life.

Scottish Actor

Lisa Marie Presley

People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.

American Musician

Robert Kennedy

I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.

American Politician

James Adomian

I've always wondered if, at some point, everything will snap, and it'll be like 'Alice in Wonderland,' where the delightfully mad people turn into sinister mad people.

American Comedian

Gina Miller

Entering public life as a woman - be it as a politician, journalist, expert or activist - makes you the target of the most sinister threats, abuse and language.

Guyanese Activist

Hermann Hesse

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

German Novelist

MyAnna Buring

It's nothing sinister but my private life belongs to me.

Swedish Actress

Use 'sinister' to describe settings or events with a dark, evil vibe.

Negative Atmosphere

It implies a subtle, sometimes understated evil or maliciousness.

Subtle Evil

In literature or movies, 'sinister' often sets up suspense or hints at upcoming trouble.

Suspense in Stories

Emphasizes a sense of an impending negative outcome, not just a bad feeling.

Foreboding

Often suggests a danger that is about to happen, not one that is already occurring.

Impending Harm

In heraldry, 'sinister' is a precise term for the left side, important for accuracy.

Heraldic Direction

Knowledge of 'sinister' in heraldry can help understand historical texts or art.

Historical Usage

In heraldry, 'sinister' doesn’t mean evil; it's a neutral term for direction.

Not Evil Here

 and that it occasionally mirrored my own unexpressed emotion. So, for example, if I was angry and had to hide it, which I often did, being very adept at concealing how I really felt, then the voice would sound frustrated. Otherwise, it was neither sinister nor disturbing, although even at that point it was clear that it had something to communicate to me

The voices in my head PIPE...

 When someone is more likely to remember, we can give them a nugget in a window. And the second thing is confidence, that we can see how game-playing and reward structures make people braver, make them more willing to take risks, more willing to take on difficulty, harder to discourage. This can all seem very sinister.

Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...

 In fact, what if it's a symptom of a much deeper problem, the tip of a proverbial iceberg? I know it sounds crazy because we're obviously in the midst of an obesity epidemic, but hear me out. What if obesity is a coping mechanism for a far more sinister problem going on

Peter Attia: What if...

 types of donations it's the kind of ascent in the sinister ones the ones where you're sending winter clothes to a tropical climate or you're sending tuxedos and wedding dresses to Haiti I mean that's corporate irresponsibility and that is one of the major issues and

The dark side of...

 with its quite sinister smile it's difficult to know what the reaction of the leopard seal is going to be until you're in the water with them i'm freddie devas and i've been making wildlife films for about 15 years now for the antarctica episode for seven

The Antarctic's...

 if it's a symptom of a much deeper problem the tip of a proverbial iceberg I know it sounds crazy because we're obviously in the midst of an obesity epidemic but hear me out what if obesity is a coping mechanism for a far more sinister problem going on

Is the obesity crisis...

 so sinister and so compelling. We place such a premium on our free will and our independence that the prospect of losing those qualities to forces unseen informs many of our deepest societal fears. Orwellian dystopias and shadowy cabals

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 wolves has always appeared in folklore fable and even in modern literature and films misunderstanding breeds fear and fear can breed hatred European settlers brought an image of a savage deceitful sinister creature to the new world and

Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...

 I study genes that make plants resistant to disease and tolerant of stress. In recent years, millions of people around the world have come to believe that there's something sinister about genetic modification.

Pamela Ronald: The case...

 it's such a successful strategy the jellies are one of the most common life forms on the planet but among the jellies and looking somewhat like them is a rather more complex and sinister

Sinister