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Definition
evil or harmful; or making an evil or frightening impression
- Whether they were always so free from avarice, partialities, or want, that a bribe, or some other sinister view, could have no place among them?Part 2 — A Voyage to Brobdingnag (69% in)
- The author clears himself from any sinister ends in writing.Part 4 — A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnms (91% in)
There are no more uses of "sinister" in Gulliver's Travels.
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