MENACE in a Sentence
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109 example sentences for MENACE, such as:
1. His voice was quiet and almost menacing.
2. United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
3. A man who drives fast is a menace to other people.
4. The other winced as he read the menace in his eyes.
5. Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace.
2. United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
3. A man who drives fast is a menace to other people.
4. The other winced as he read the menace in his eyes.
5. Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MENACE
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menace
v. pose a threat to; present a danger to
v. act in a threatening manner
Classic Sentence: (102 in 7 pages)
1 They were looking on the state they loved, seeing it trampled by the enemy, rascals making a mock of the law, their former slaves a menace, their men disfranchised, their women insulted.
2 She was thinking gratefully that Jonas Wilkerson would never again be a menace of Tara and she was thinking about Tony.
3 The ever-present menace of lawless negroes and Yankee soldiers preyed on her mind, the danger of confiscation was constantly with her, even in her dreams, and she dreaded worse terrors to come.
4 Pitty's hand trembled so that the lamp was a menace to the safety of the house but she held it and trotted ahead toward the dark bedroom.
5 The country girls were considered a menace to the social order.
6 A form stood at the brow of the mountain, on the very edge of the giddy height, with uplifted arms, in an awful attitude of menace.
7 "Now, don't bother me," he repeated with desperate menace.
8 There had been no order given; the men, upon recognizing the menace, had immediately let drive their flock of bullets without waiting for word of command.
9 It was only the new game-keeper, but he had frightened Connie, he seemed to emerge with such a swift menace.
10 A terrible hollow seemed to menace him somewhere, somehow, a void, and into this void his energy would collapse.
11 The great, rambling mass of a place seemed evil to her, just a menace over her.
12 A new and most unpleasant system of menace had begun, and the intent appeared to be to do him grievous bodily harm.
13 The other winced as he read the menace in his eyes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
14 The diverse forms assumed by thought in the realm of slang, even song, even raillery, even menace, all partook of this powerless and dejected character.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
15 Yes; but that menace terrifies me.
Example Sentence:
1 United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
2 It's the only way to deal with the menace of drug dealing.
3 A man who drives fast is a menace to other people.
4 Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace.
5 Whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion.
6 Kerry didn't elaborate, perhaps because the US and Nigeria do not agree on the nature of the menace let alone how to counter it.
7 His voice was quiet and almost menacing.