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The first, which he began making in the early 1960s, were mysterious, sinisterly bejeweled boxes, little containers of compressed surrealism festooned with hundreds of shiny straight pins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Yet the film’s striking images — a girl’s made-up face, sullen amid a crowd of colorful revelers; solar panels gleaming sinisterly below a full moon — leave an indelible trail.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023

Buckling sinisterly on the plancha, the tortilla is first covered in melted cheese before loaded up with other toppings — an effective way of preventing the tortilla from shattering, as frequently happens with tostadas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2019

He ended the tweet by sinisterly writing “May God Rest Their Soul!”

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2019

“But we don’t know what the thing was,” said Harry, looking at the sinisterly smooth water.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling