How to pronounce sinister

Listen to sinister in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“sinister” in real sentences

478 clips in the index · 15 American · 78 British · 8 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. more terrifying and sinister.

    The Moth · hear it here

  2. between naive and sinister.

    Oxford Union · hear it here

  3. perhaps something more sinister.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. Something far more sinister.

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sinister. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

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