THREATENING in a Sentence
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282 example sentences for THREATENING, such as:
1. The dog gave a threatening growl.
2. The situation assumed a threatening character.
3. The acid rain is threatening world environment.
4. My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me.
5. The threatening strike did not take place after all.
2. The situation assumed a threatening character.
3. The acid rain is threatening world environment.
4. My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me.
5. The threatening strike did not take place after all.
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Meanings and Examples of THREATENING
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threatening
a. darkened by clouds
a. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Classic Sentence: (184 in 13 pages)
1 In its pain it had sought human companionship and help and it made no threatening gesture as she looped one end of the torn petticoat about its horns.
2 She had repulsed and refused him, yet had given him money, and he had sent threatening letters demanding more.
3 She grew fond of her husband, realizing with some unaccountable satisfaction that no trace of passion or excessive and fictitious warmth colored her affection, thereby threatening its dissolution.
4 Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
5 She grew sullen and cried a little, threatening to go off and leave him to his fine ladies.
6 The low, muttering sounds of his threatening voice were still audible, when the wounded foal, first rearing on its hinder legs, plunged forward to its knees.
7 Quicker than the thoughts could follow those unexpected and audacious movements, an image, armed in the emblematic panoply of death, glided before their eyes, and assumed a threatening attitude at the other's side.
8 Every eye rolled sullenly toward the individual indicated by the simple gesture, and a low, threatening murmur passed through the crowd.
9 Duncan had seen the threatening action, and sprang upon his feet, with a heart which, while it leaped into his throat, swelled with the most generous resolution in behalf of his friend.
10 Three several times did he renew his efforts to proceed, and as often was he met by the same unaccountable opposition, each interruption seeming more savage and threatening than the preceding.
11 But a louder and more threatening growl caused him again to pause.
12 He once more endeavored to pass the supposed empiric, scorning even the parade of threatening to use the knife, or tomahawk, that was pendent from his belt.
13 Finally, the Mohican himself reappeared, divested of all his attire, except his girdle and leggings, and with one-half of his fine features hid under a cloud of threatening black.
14 I succeeded in getting a considerable distance on my way to the woods, when Covey discovered me, and called after me to come back, threatening what he would do if I did not come.
15 "Well, I reckon," was the reply of the other, as he dodged, with some alarm, the threatening honor.
Example Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
1 The Prussian gunner officer saw another troop of Dragoons threatening to outflank his position.
2 The situation assumed a threatening character.
3 A science-fiction thriller about a planet that is mired in civil war and whose computerized defense system runs amok, threatening everyone.
4 The dog gave a threatening growl.
5 Their longest-serving employee is threatening to quit over pay.
6 The acid rain is threatening world environment.
7 Environmental groups are threatening direct action if plans for the new road go ahead.
8 My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me.
9 Postal workers are threatening a strike if they don't receive a pay increase.
10 In a surprisingly bold move , he is threatening court action against the company.
11 The two countries were threatening to nuke each other.
12 The threatening strike did not take place after all.
13 Illegal hunting is threatening the survival of the species.
14 The terrorists are threatening to blow up the hijacked airliner.
15 Authorities plan to demolish many buildings left weakened by the quake which are threatening to fall.