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!
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.
The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.
The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.

People are becoming more sensitized to the dangers threatening the environment.
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.
For an uncritical mentalist, no such indeterminacy threatens.
She said two of the remaining three, unsighted threatened species had not been spotted since 1965 while the other had gone undetected since 1891.
You've also threatened, or you've also mentioned that my relationship threatens my country and again I find that such a huge leap of illogic.
Too much sodium makes the body excrete calcium, threatening bone density and strength.
Now the agitation in the country and the violent disorder it threatened could be directed against the Government.
In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
And after rewinding the film and watching it without any adrenaline to threaten our objectivity, it became pretty clear that during this year of epic passing, San Francisco played one of the greatest defensive games in playoff history. OK, Now That Was a Defense
They also have abandoned past pledges and now threaten first use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
Experts warn overdevelopment is threatening the golden seashores in Hainan island, the popular sub-tropical tourist destination.
Nevertheless, it has to be recognised that several interests may feel threatened by an advertising ban.
The actress hit back at claims that she had threatened a member of staff.
But the true nature of his dilemma constantly threatened to extinguish it.
Threatened abortion The term threatened abortion is used  when a pregnancy is complicated by vaginal bleeding before the 20th week. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but didn't fully implement it.
One of the chief reasons for removing old, oil and gas wells from south Louisiana's lakes and bayous is that those areas are vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, and any collapse in structures could threaten the public, Lopez said. Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain
Meanwhile taking strong note of the police behaviour towards peaceful students demonstration leaders of the central university andolan samiti have threatened to intensify their agitation in support of their demands. NC-Congress coalition government responsible for the agitation on Central University issue
Suddenly the man brought a gun out and threatened the driver with it.
Journalists in Shropshire are threatening to ballot for industrial action claiming managers are refusing to answer their questions about job cuts. Strike threat at the Shropshire Star
Men have been unwearied in their efforts to obscure the plain, simple meaning of the Scriptures, and to make them contradict their own testimony; but like the ark upon the billowy deep, the word of God outrides the storms that threaten it with destruction. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
The debacle threatens to stymie the country's dynamic agricultural sector.
The Tasmanian Devil is the world's largest marsupial predator but its very survival is at stake as an horrific cancer threatens up to 90% of its population.
They have been miniaturized so as to make them less threatening or intimidating to their small owners.
It was an instance of the great wickedness of the Jews that they were thus enraged; and this in Deuteronomy is the matter of a threatening. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
It helped her defuse a life-threatening situation in the Himalayas, when she and her friends were confronted by knife-carrying attackers.
The guard growled out a warning,threatening the prisoners with his gun.
One plausible scenario, he said, was that he had indeed threatened the cops with a dummy gun.
The Soviets had exploded their first atomic device in 1949, but they lacked credible delivery systems to threaten the United States directly.
What the UN and the West are doing is the colonial thing of merely resorting to bully-boy tactics, Neither would attempt to pass judgement let alone threaten to intervene using military force, in any election held in the Russian Federation or attempt to invade China because it does not have democractic government. Ivory Coast's descent into madness
The other gang members threatened to get him if he went to the police.
The world yet again faces another mind-boggling issue which threatens the existence of human beings on planet earth.
These included repeated punchings, kickings, beatings with a baseball bat and truncheon, being urinated on and threatened with a syringe and blowtorch.
They admitted that they gave false evidence, but said that they were under duress, having been threatened with violence by various men, one of whom was in the public gallery at the original trial.
This type of cost cutting threatens the health and welfare of local residents.
In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.
It threatens to unravel a deal over the long-running pay dispute which led to an all-out strike.
In a threatened workplace by far the best answer is for workers to occupy the factory or plant.
Director of the Scottish Tourist Forum, Ivan Broussine, warned that archaic attitudes were threatening the health of the tourist industry.
It was an overcast day, the light hidden behind grey clouds that smothered the sky and threatened to rain.
I cannot accept the approach that cisgendered women's feminist empowerment would be threatened by accepting that there are (many) transgendered women that are as much female as any other woman.
More than 200 of the top 500 U.S. designations went to areas where significant populations of endangered and threatened species live, such as piping plovers and Kirtland's warblers.
As the water rose it eddied into whirlpools that threatened to sweep her away.
Illegal hunting is threatening the survival of the species.
There is no evidence of any self harm or of threatening or aggressive behaviour towards others.
A scientist who discovered that by holding down the shift key on your PC can bypass the copyright protection on music CDs has been threatened with legal action under America's infamous Millennium Act.
My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me.
Critics say the bill threatens some of the most ecologically unique areas of the Tongass forest, namely karst limestone habitat, as well as two subspecies: the Queen Charlotte goshawk and the Alexander Archipelago wolf. Mongabay.com News
They were replaced by shanties and shacks built of nothing more than clapboard or wattle and daub with dark and threatening alleyways between.
Wherever tyranny, oppression and brutality have threatened the free world, our two countries have stood for the triumph of good over evil.
BANGOR, Maine - A local man with a long criminal history allegedly threatened a store clerk with a knife on Monday night after she told him he was seen on the store's video surveillance system stealing an item, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said on Tuesday. BangorDailyNews.com - News
No belief flowered in the grim Elasian face, but the agonizer's threatening touch lifted. Firestorm
His lifestyle was too threatening, his irresponsibility too damning to make him sympathetic.
Marine habitats throughout the insular Pacific are increasingly threatened by human activity.
The threatened strike has been called off.
And this is the only symptom whereby we find out and discern the nature of threatened impendent judgments. The Sermons of John Owen
Where vegetation composition is altered and floral richness threatened, the results will ultimately be felt by us all.
The contaminative problem of environmental hormone have threatened the continuous exist and multiply of human.
His words slowly relaxed her threatening attitude.
Less threatening contents named by Mr Milburn included sucrose, cocoa, butter, liquorice root and citric acid.
Climate change threatens Emerald Isle with water shortage. A new report by the Irish American Climate Project says that global warming may cause Ireland's "rich, green scenery" to "fade to brown.
An eight-year-old boy threw coal cinders to drive away dogs threatening his friends.
Cancer has become the most threatening malady next to cardiovascular diseases.
Tax deficient California's treatment of multinational firms threatens to provoke a global tax war.
The plane crash involves Dave with drug dealers, killers and federal agents, all of whom threaten his peace and family.
But here he is, threatening to go on and on, surrounded by fawning Labour ministers, backbenchers and constituency delegates.
The gas company threatened to cut them off if they didn't pay the bill.
The roof is typically threatened by burning brands or embers lofted by a nearby fire.
I took out my last barracan, as some precaution against the threatening clouds. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
They advanced upon me in a threatening manner.
No one will kotow to you, or serenade you on a koto; rather, you'll be threatened with celotomy or colotomy, equally uncomfortable, or with banishment to Cotonou or Cotopani. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2
Of these options hiring a prostitute is the least threatening to marriage but it's the only option which is illegal. Archive 2008-03-01
Segregated public bathrooms threaten people's safety, job security and access to education.
Illiteracy threatens Britain's industrial performance. But, quite apart from that, the individual who can't read or write is unlikely to get a job.
Investigators Thursday evening found a dish containing what appeared to be antifreeze, which is poisonous to animals, on the property of a woman some neighbors say has threatened to poison cats and other animals that come into her yard. Cincinnati.Com - All Local News
The trinkets they were wearing around their necks and wrists gave off a glimmer in the dim light - the sky had turned into a mass of sullen grey threatening a persistent downpour.
The ensuing scandal threatened, in the words of Federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein, to "unravel" the remaining 60 "War" cases. Peter Lance: Feds Move Terrorist Close to Key Murder Witness
Conquering new markets while preserving existing ones threatens brand loyalty.
He threatened to give particular employees the kicking of their lives.
Smoothly we left the ground, raised our undercarts, and climbed away into that overcast, threatening sky.
Does active military involvement in defense policymaking actually threaten civilian control?
And the owner of the property was no doubt a scallywag, trying to defraud the lessee of his money, and threatening to ‘throw [his] things on the street’.
Several whole windows would have to be blasted out before a plane would depressurize enough to threaten life within the cabin.
Canadian Tire didn't like it and threatened to sue him, so he took it down but still owns the URL.
As an object of fascination and repulsion to the two men who represent the center of authority in their respective narratives, Carmen spells a threatening other, a dark figure that resists assimilation and endangers masculine power.
If power interests are threatened, then new models of conformity may merely provoke new forms of deviance.
Aberdeen council was recently forced to backtrack on its single status plans after council workers threatened industrial action.
The other wave, currently near the Windward Islands is organizing and threatening to move through the very warm Caribbean. PM Update: Mostly clear and mostly awesome
The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.
September 11 th has brought mostly unpleasant changes, including curtailment of civil liberties and threatened perpetual war.
In countries afflicted by epidemics and pandemics like malaria and tuberculosis, growth and development will be threatened until these scourges can be contained.
As if whatever lurks in your dreams - in your visions - might take tangible form and threaten you. TIME OF THE WOLF
The accident threatened an ecological disaster for the remote Shetland Islands and its fishing, tourism and farming industries.
The motive is to destroy all those in the south who might threaten the oil revenues that sustain the regime's grip (it came to power by deposing an elected government and enjoys very little popular support).
I have, since it was first threatened with closure, been a staunch campaigner both locally and in Parliament to save the maternity unit.
They are a technically reliable threat of last resort to discourage a foe from pressing too hard or threatening national survival.
Sixth and last, some polluters felt that meeting the standards was just too darn expensive and threatened plant closures.
The alarming trend for desperate medical sector docs and surgeons to reduce waiting lists by doing non-urgent but easy procedures first is life threatening and wrong.
The guy protested and laid a hand on Novak - who responded by socking him and threatening to knock his teeth out.
None of the unruly activities in themselves would be regarded as seriously criminal, but their accumulative effect is having a real impact on the usage of the community building, and may even threaten its future survival.
Hot, sulfurous gases waft from vents in the earth, kill trees, drive away wildlife, and sometimes threaten people's lives.
The director has threatened to give his resignation in to the Board.
The case involves URA.ru, the largest news agency in the Ural Mountains region, which has been threatened with a shutdown because of anonymous comments made on its Internet forum.
Several nonnative noxious weeds have invaded stickseed habitat and threaten to out-compete the stickseed for the available nutrients.
Her friendship with the fashion glitterati would be endangered by Ronan's cowboy sense of style, his membership at the golf club threatened by her wild and wanton ways.
The worst drought across the Midwest in 17 years is now threatening commercial shipping.
The juniper forest of north central Baluchistan is believed to be the most extensive remaining in the world and is home to the distinctive and highly threatened Baluchistan bear and straight-horned markhor. Baluchistan xeric woodlands
Republicans had threatened to block consideration of the Castle-Tanner substitute, authored primarily by Rep.
The 44 eminences charge that Britain's apparent lack of transparency and accountability threatens to undermine whatever moral high ground there is left.
$1,500-$2,500 can avoid a threatened court case that would seek $150,000 in damages. just wasn't proper to sue thousands of people this way, because the people have no real connection to one another (a question of "joinder"). Ars Technica
They were frequently threatened with execution if they tried to escape.
The RSPB reports that, despite the upturns in the fortune of many birds of prey in recent years, the hen harrier remains a seriously threatened species.
One of the callers threatened to take action against the attackers.
He said Alexkor recently "armoured" a particular slimes dam with coarse overburden to stop a windblown "plume" of fine material that was threatening the proclaimed Ramsar wetland site at the mouth of the Orange River. ANC Daily News Briefing
Today, it's not the boll weevil but the pink bollworm that threatens southwestern Pima, nesting inside the bolls, where it is hard to get.
For its part, Iran, in its stand-off with world powers over its nuclear programme, has threatened to choke off oil shipments through the Persian Gulf if it is attacked.
The guard growled out a warning,threatening the prisoners with his gun.
Radio, TV and newspapers remain uncensored, unfettered and unthreatened by the government. Easter Lemming Liberal News
The new legislation threatens individual liberty.
Four more people drowned in eastern India on Wednesday and an overflowing river threatened to inundate low-lying areas around Patna, the populous capital city of Bihar state, relief officials said yesterday.
And I doubt whether the government feels threatened by fascists in the way it feels threatened by anti-capitalists.
He also confirmed that a second charge of behaving in an aggressive and threatening manner had been withdrawn.
The film may not be as elegant as the previous financial procedurals, and Costa-Gavras' brief forays into cinematic trickery threaten our suspension of disbelief.
She smiled at his playfulness and bit into an apple, tonguing a bit of sweet juice that threatened to run down the side of her lip.
Sales agents acting on behalf of manufacturers, are vigilant in preventing retailers from selling at lower prices by threatening to cut future supplies.
The court heard that, once inside, the defendant shut the front door, barricaded himself in, said he had a 12 bore shotgun and threatened to kill everyone there if they tried to enter.
The bamboo reacted benignly, growing replacements in a most unthreatening manner and generally seeming to know its place.
The Israeli government is so concerned that America's adversaries may miscalculate U.S. intentions that it is privately urging Washington to make it clear that the U.S. would intervene in Saudi Arabia should the survival of that government be threatened. The Arab Spring and U.S. Policy: The View From Jerusalem
See that you do it, then," the captain threatened him. THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT"
The immune system withers under the viral attack, leaving the body extremely vulnerable to other painful and life-threatening diseases.
If the U.S. took advantage of a power vacuum in Afghanistan and installed Pershings there, the Soviet Union's Central Asian assets would be threatened. Moscow vs. the Mujahideen
Although the Portadown backs threatened constantly, an Armagh boot was always on hand to relieve the pressure.
Pat Jerrom says Danniella had violent mood swings and threatened to commit suicide.
Though the overcast sky threatens rain at some later point in the day, the early afternoon is still pleasant enough for sitting outdoors.
The code threatened doctors with suspension if they performed abortions unless the pregnancy involved rape or threat to the woman's life.
Dislocation of the atlo-axoid articulation (_os juguli_) he tells us threatens speedy death. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
They are moving incredibly quickly through dried brush and chaparral that practically explode when they ignite, threatening the life of any firefighter nearby.
The gallery forests are dominated by Cynometra vogelii; the patches of dense dry forest by Isoberlinia doka, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Cola cordifolia, Antiaris africana, which is nationally threatened, Chlorophora excelsa (VU), and the edible akee Blighia unijugata. Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire
His lawyers—plural—threatened a countercharge of police harassment, and Ms. Caroline King had declined to press charges. Tough Customer
Threatened plant species currently being protected or monitored include the endemic saltpan cresses (Lepidium kirkii and L. sisymbrioides matau), the upland shrub Hebe cupressoides, the endangered Hector's tree daisy (Olearia hectorii), native Peraxilla mistletoes, and the epiphytic forest shrub Tupeia antarctica. Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands
Given the Bush disaster change sounded great but when specifics begin to take shape all the gored oxes line up to threaten cataclysm. Poll of Polls: President's approval ratings slip
Most recently it has been fighting threatened redundancies at the Corus steelworks in Scunthorpe.
The threatened lay-off of Josue Barahona is not because of the seniority system. Alan Singer: Times Joins Bloomberg's Battle Against Teachers
Thrigby began a new era in 1979 as a wildlife park, and today has a key role in the worldwide network of zoos which are becoming a last refuge for threatened species.
In this untracked and threatened wilderness, our small group will backpack between glacier-fed rivers, taking time for close observation and photography.
Obviously threatened by our tenacity, the owner called his goons, five men, and grabbed my friend (a woman) as she approached the counter with another question.
A president affronting the leadership of the church, and blithely threatening its great institutions? A Battle the President Can't Win
Mount Kazbek rose coldly white against the darkness of the threatening sky. Ardath
Las Vegas courtroom by saying he "clocked" former judge Elizabeth Halverson on Sept. 4 because she threatened to stab him. WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
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.
As long as Russia doesn't threaten the United States and our allies, I see no need to commit any forces up front. CHAINS OF COMMAND
Splenic abscess is a rare and potentially life - threatening disease.
The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.
They're even threatening to withhold new drugs to Canada unless the government negotiates a price that is high enough to discourage reimportation.
Parisian taxi drivers are threatening to mount a blockade to turn the screw on the government.
And Frank Langella, precise in hat and overcoat, is a polite and yet threatening presence as the man with the offer, and secrets of his own (and arather nasty CGI scar). IN THE WORLD OF MOVIES: NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 5TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
Why should his death, however tragic, threaten irreparable damage to an institutional structure of such proven strength?
At the same time, the imminent introduction of wide-bodied aircraft threatened to shake up the entire industry for the second time in ten years.
Last fall, MORE reared its head when Baltimore's Department of Public Works threatened to step up enforcement of rules that keep mountain bikes off so-called singletrack dirt trails around Loch Raven and Pretty Boy reservoirs. Baltimore City Paper
Their landlord has threatened to send in the bailiffs if they don't pay their rent.
However, I am willing to try a bit longer and harder; to refrain from drawing lines; to opt for circles instead; to say to those who are threatening to leave our church, that we still consider ourselves in communion with them, regardless of the letters dimissory that might get written or the legislation that might get passed.
Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths. Bishop Raymond Burke Crosses Political Line
Tony, a room-service attendant for nine years, says he was harassed and threatened because he was one of the activists organizing workers.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Ralph Waldo Emerson
But there are plenty of things that threaten anew to knock Clinton off his presidential perch.
The Committee met with the broadcaster to, again, threaten to pull its sponsorship of the network's Republican forum.
Lebanese environmental groups said that bluefin tuna - a significant commercial species in the region that has already suffered from overfishing - are also being threatened by the spill.
A few hours before the onset of what is supposed to be a "multi-day" and "life-threatening" blizzard, over one hundred Chicagoans gathered to sample Chicago's best seafood chowders at the Columbia Yacht Club. Caroline O'Donovan: At the Chowdah Fest
Leverage increases volatility as investors run for cover when they feel threatened and pile in regardless on the upside swing.
Hypersensitivity reactions have also occurred with lamotrigine therapy; some reactions have been fatal or life-threatening.
Typically, sales trail off as consumers wait for the new model to launch, but that hasn't happened as gas prices continued to soar beyond $4 a gallon and threaten to reach $5 a gallon this summer.
In this way, LTCM threatened the ability of the major U.S. banks and Wall Street broker-dealers to meet their payment and settlement obligations.
Most threatening of these for the marine ecosystem is the exposure to increased ultra-violet radiation through the depletion of the ozone layer.
If it detects a life-threatening arrhythmia, on the other hand, it jolts the heart in an attempt to restore normal rhythm.
Our freedom was threatened by press censorship.
Paul wrote to warn about the subtle arguments and false teachings that threatened to undermine the Colossian 's faith.
So much so that one begins to wonder if one is in fact witness to an ancient Flanderian sign language, life-threatening to those who fail to grasp its flailing inflections.
When danger threatens, collect your possessions and flee like the wind.
Illiteracy threatens Britain's industrial performance. But, quite apart from that, the individual who can't read or write is unlikely to get a job.
Gale force winds which threatened floods at the weekend have blown unprecedented numbers of a small Arctic seabird on to the North sea coast.
The unmanaged growth of our financial aid budget threatens to overwhelm that commitment.
The start was not auspicious as an earlier thunderstorm had given way to threatening clouds.
She complained to the police after receiving threatening phone calls and hate mail.
And now, when you have pledged my uncle, who threatens you with what he calls a brimmer, I will tell you what you think of me. '' Rob Roy
After Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) threatened Walt (Bryan Cranston) and his family on last week's Breaking Bad, Walt decides it's time to make sure Skyler (Anna Gunn), Junior (RJ Mitte) and Holly are safely ensconced at Hank's house. Breaking Bad Sneak Peek: Is Walt Ready to Face His Consequences?
Aging US reactors are plagued with the embrittlement of key interior metal components which threaten their continued safety; Harvey Wasserman: Obama's Stimulus Money Must Not Be Wasted on Nuke Reactors
Even straight men, so often skittish and easily threatened, found his aw-shucks persona and mildly sarcastic, I'm-in-on-the-joke attitude congenial.
This production charts her struggle with, and ultimately victory over, the circumstances which threaten to destroy her.
He flared his nostrils, threatened anyone who decided to continue the Patience / Horse argument with violence.
I threatened them with public exposure.
My head reeled; white blotches burnt at the corners of my vision, threatening to occlude the sight before me. GALILEE
As long as religion does not threaten science and freedom, we should be respectful and tolerant because our freedom to disbelieve is inextricably bound to the freedom of others to believe. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Michael Shermer, Of All People, On Tolerable Atheism
Such support was pivotal in conjunction with vetoes threatened and vetoes cast, even if the payoff was not instantaneous.
A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid.
The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé in turn reproached the PS for threatening to raise the "old demons of Germanophobia. Seth Engel: Eurozone Woes - Is The Union Falling Apart?

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