THREAT in a Sentence
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188 example sentences for THREAT, such as:
1. The youth, nevertheless, felt a threat.
2. To Lily the intonation sounded like a threat.
3. She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign.
4. The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
5. Officials claim the chemical poses no real threat.
2. To Lily the intonation sounded like a threat.
3. She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign.
4. The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
5. Officials claim the chemical poses no real threat.
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Meanings and Examples of THREAT
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threat
n. a person who inspires fear or dread
n. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1 And here in this new country, safe from the twin perils of the land he had left--taxation that ate up crops and barns and the ever-present threat of sudden confiscation--he intended to have them.
2 It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.
3 In fact, it was my threat to unbosom my conscience about them that got me out of jail.
4 When Scarlett leased ten convicts, five for each of her mills, Archie made good his threat and refused to have anything further to do with her.
5 To Lily the intonation sounded like a threat.
6 Meanwhile the last moments of the performance seemed to gain an added brightness from the hovering threat of the curtain.
7 When she emerged on the pavement, the day was still high, but a threat of rain darkened the sky and cold gusts shook the signs projecting from the basement shops along the street.
8 He paused: and then pausing no more, made good his word, spite of Steelkilt's threat, whatever that might have been.
9 It would be difficult to describe the expression with which Magua listened to this threat to follow.
10 The youth, nevertheless, felt a threat.
11 What meaning was couched under this terrible threat, it is difficult to say; but certain it is that its awful indistinctness seemed to produce very little impression on the young sinners addressed.
12 The threat that terrifies more than whipping or torture of any kind is the threat of being sent down river.
13 And she worked there one day, as we have described, to show how perfectly she scorned the threat.
14 The dash was more fear-inspiring than any threat could have been.
15 With this threat he left his turret, and carried to the hall of the castle his unwonted intelligence, that a holy friar stood before the gate and demanded instant admission.
Example Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
1 The threat of war has depressed business activity.
2 Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their male colleagues.
3 The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.
4 Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue.
5 The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
6 The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.
7 The tribe's traditional way of life is under threat.
8 The ethos of the traditional family firm is under threat.
9 We will never countenance violence, however serious the threat against us.
10 Their ultimate weapon was the threat of an all-out strike.
11 She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign.
12 The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly.
13 This last clause is a thinly-veiled threat to those who might choose to ignore the decree.
14 Officials claim the chemical poses no real threat.
15 The area remains under threat from commercial developers.