Word: sinistere
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Despite its rather sinister appearance, Faulkes called the new policy "more rehabilitative than punitive."
The album starts sinister and subtle with guilty tracks like "Sunbeam," suspending Ukairo's sultry British voice, vaguely reminiscent of Portishead's Beth Gibbons, over relaxed jazz grooves that fuse high-pitched rhythms with smooth bass. But as Submarine dives deeper into the skin it somehow finds its innocence in...
The vehement disapproval was occasioned not only by the "repulsive" figurative nature of these new paintings, but their frank politics as well. In addition to a deep appreciation for the everyday object, Guston was also profoundly aware of political and social upheaval, wars, famines, epidemics-not simply in his own...
Ah, but there is the sadness of it. The Olympic ideal is inherently nostalgic, and seems, every four years, to be increasingly remote from the dream of a time when beautiful humans could perform godly feats for their own magnificent sake, without commercials, and without the benefit of sinister, alchemical...
Therein lies the sinister beauty of rigging a game by shaving points: It's nearly impossible to detect, as long as the players do some serious acting. In one fixed game, the gambler who engineered the point shaving complimented the players involved saying he "liked the way [they] made it...