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(1) Prior pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour and possession of an offensive weapon.(2) People should come to us before the threatening letters start to arrive as the earlier we are contacted the more we can assist.(3) Upon their arrival, he raised his hoe in a threatening manner.(4) Despite threatening rain clouds, the athletes were met with blue skies in the Square, where there were speeches and presentations made, in front of a crowd of several thousand locals.(5) The black gown is very threatening while the red is more vibrant, friendly and stands out more.(6) His voice almost had a threatening quality to it.(7) When he recovered he confronted me in a threatening manner, before leaving in a barrage of shouted obscenities.(8) The start was not auspicious as an earlier thunderstorm had given way to threatening clouds.(9) An earlier hearing had found him guilty of assaulting a shopkeeper and using threatening behaviour against police officers who arrested him.(10) Earlier this year, the Tahsi church received a threatening letter warning against allowing Lee to attend worship services.(11) Julie revealed she that has received a string of threatening letters since joining the fight against the far right.(12) He raised both his crutches and used them in a threatening manner towards the officers.(13) West, across the rugged mountains and canyons of the southern Rockies, hung threatening cloud formations.(14) As she neared the summit of K2, on August 13, it was late in the day and threatening clouds were forming to the north, but she kept on.(15) In court he also pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour and criminal damage on an occasion when he had been drinking following the funeral of a close friend.(16) It is understood the family living at the two-storey home received a threatening letter in the past few days, telling them to get out of the house by 5pm that day.
Related Words
(1) threaten
(2) life-threatening
Synonyms
Adjective
2. ominous
3. lowering
4. baleful


Verb
5. menace
6. endanger
7. foreshadow
8. seem likely
9. jeopardize


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

but not threatening.

but not THREATENING.

Westworld Season 2, Episode 7


wearing masks, threatening
Holly and Flynn and me.

wearing masks, THREATENING Holly and Flynn and me.

Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 16


threatening?

THREATENING?

Westworld Season 2, Episode 6


The only way to destroy a rogue
Kryptonian hot dog threatening Earth.

The only way to destroy a rogue Kryptonian hot dog THREATENING Earth.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 11


...threatening that little prissy guy
with the moustache.

...THREATENING that little prissy guy with the moustache.

Breaking Bad Season 3, Episode 13


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