sinister aspect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsinisterandaspect
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sinister
adjective
uk/ˈsɪn.ɪ.stər/us/ˈsɪn.ə.stɚ/
making you feel that something bad or evil ...
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aspect
noun
uk/ˈæs.pekt/us/ˈæs.pekt/
one part of a situation, problem, ...
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(Definition ofsinisterandaspectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That brings me to a moresinisteraspectof the problem.
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The mostsinisteraspectof their case is that they are being held in secret.
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There is a much moresinisteraspectof direct rule.
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But there is an even moresinisteraspectto this picture.
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The mostsinisteraspectwas that these women were recruited through agencies that demanded large sums of money from them.
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That seemed a very wrong thing to do, but it took on a moresinisteraspect.
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There is also a somewhatsinisteraspectto the report.
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I think there is asinisteraspectin their clinging on to what is always the captive audience of television.
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Herein lies the mostsinisteraspectof this legislation and a huge potential cost to the community.
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There is thissinisteraspectof the question.
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There is an even moresinisteraspectto this.
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I do not think that the letter form drafted by the staff authority really has anysinisteraspect.
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Above all, the onus of proof is thesinisteraspectof these regulations.
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It takes on a moresinisteraspectduring each election.
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There is a moresinisteraspect.
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This is asinisteraspect.
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That is thesinisteraspectof it, for it clearly shows that what they have in mind is nothing remotely resembling the democratic process as we know it.
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That is a verysinisteraspect.
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There is an even moresinisteraspect.
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Asinisteraspectsoon appears when scientists making progress in fighting the plague are repeatedly sabotaged by unknown persons.
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