(1) There is a worrying conviction growing in this community that something sinister is happening in our justice system.

(2) Only by unmasking a sinister conspiracy can he prove his innocence.

(3) They are put into the custody of Count Olaf, a sinister villain who is plotting to steal their inheritance.

(4) Norrell's love of secrecy and Strange's attraction to the wilder edges of magic invoke dark and sinister happenings.

(5) Each coat of arms has a right and left (i.e. dexter and sinister ) heraldic side, as observed by the person carrying the shield.

(6) Nobody could say that anything sinister was happening.

(7) Judge Laity in England described the group as u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510corrupt, sinister and dangerousu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.

(8) Whether in 2005 or 2025, we need a clearer picture of Cameroon, and less of a merely vague, sinister impression.

(9) Her early work gave way to more chilling visions that echoed fairy tale evils, sinister forests, cunning wolves, and grandmothers ready to eat you.

(10) Strange and sinister things sometimes happen on the streets of York at the crack of dawn.

(11) It wasn't - there was no kind of sinister conspiracy at the start.

(12) Bound in the flayed skin of 100 saints and penned with the blood of virgins, this sinister and forbidden occult text is an item of incredible power.

(13) Noah's piece tends to show that neoconservatism is not the sinister conspiracy he thinks it is, not that neoconservatism is cracking up.

(14) Credit card fraud attracts sinister people who use the money to fund criminal activity such as terrorism.

(15) Not to be overlooked in the controversy were the paranoid prognosticators who saw grand conspiracies and sinister plots everywhere.

(16) In a university, something even more sinister happens.

(17) The mutter of sinister threats and portents was already to be heard.

(18) Personally, I think it's all a sinister conspiracy by the BBC to overdub Doctor Who with something that has now spoilt it, to make us all buy it when it comes out on DVD.

(19) The Church is a dark and sinister place with creepy occult doings going on.

(20) Yet there are more sinister happenings afoot, as Count Dracula himself jumps into the mix, searching for a serum to make him invincible.