threaten

How To Use threaten In A Sentence

• I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old bat threatened to stop it out of my wages.
• His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
• The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.
• The threatened uniform typically consists of a khaki military tunic with trousers, though in Scottish regiments the trousers are usually tartan or replaced by a kilt.
• It helped her defuse a life-threatening situation in the Himalayas, when she and her friends were confronted by knife-carrying attackers.
• Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
• But here he is, threatening to go on and on, surrounded by fawning Labour ministers, backbenchers and constituency delegates.
• They are a technically reliable threat of last resort to discourage a foe from pressing too hard or threatening national survival.
• This is once again the natterings of those most threatened by the rise of social media, who see their business model being sideswiped by something large and fast-moving, but whose exact shape and dimensions they cannot fathom.
• Splenic abscess is a rare and potentially life - threatening disease.