THREATEN in a Sentence
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282 example sentences for THREATEN, such as:
1. There is but one danger which can threaten us.
2. The landscape then ceased to threaten the youth.
3. The new legislation threatens individual liberty.
4. Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.
5. Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.
2. The landscape then ceased to threaten the youth.
3. The new legislation threatens individual liberty.
4. Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.
5. Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of THREATEN
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threaten
v. to be a menacing indication of something:
v. pose a threat to; present a danger to
Classic Sentence: (184 in 13 pages)
1 You have only got more than your share of the money, and make people work for you for two pounds a week, or threaten them with starvation.
2 The front of the house was towards the heath and Rainbarrow, whose dark shape seemed to threaten it from the sky.
3 Good-bye, and be brave, for if you will do what I have told you, you may rest assured that we shall soon drive away the dangers that threaten you.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
4 There is but one danger which can threaten us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
5 They write to the wife, and threaten to come and expose her.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
6 Then my temper got the better of me, and I began to threaten her.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
7 It is possible that the Indians and stragglers of the enemy may intrude, in which case you will remind them of the terms of the capitulation, and threaten to report their conduct to Montcalm.
8 I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself.
9 The former was heard to threaten the latter with informing his master of his whereabouts.
10 The landscape then ceased to threaten the youth.
11 If his servants oppose me, I shall threaten them off with these pistols.
12 It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain: and our place of meeting had been fixed at the guide-stone, by the cross-roads.
13 But I lay you ain't a-goin to threaten nobody any more, Jim Turner.
14 I am surrounded by mountains of ice which admit of no escape and threaten every moment to crush my vessel.
15 Nevertheless, when death and destitution threaten, a man must either do something or starve.
Example Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
1 Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
2 The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers.
3 In arming the dictator, the US was creating a Frankenstein who would threaten their influence in the region.
4 Climate changes threaten the continued existence of the species.
5 The UN Security Council should threaten sanctions against those who divert cocoa revenue into West African conflicts.
6 In some instances, state public health workers have been found to harass and threaten people testing positive for HIV.
7 He is trying to help them understand and gain perspective on human issues that continue to endanger species and threaten our global environment.
8 No object larger than a kilometre is expected to threaten Earth for several hundred years, meaning a global catastrophe is currently off the cards.
9 Commercial exploitation of resources threatens our survival.
10 Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.
11 The new legislation threatens individual liberty.
12 The oil slick seriously threatens marine life around the islands.
13 Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.
14 Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.
15 The instability of the Italian government following the tax-fraud conviction of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatens to end a lull in the European debt crisis and derail a nascent economic recovery.