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Sentence example with the word 'threatening'
threatening
about to be, black, close at hand, dreary, gathering, imminent, in view, minatory, perilous, threatful, waiting
Definition
adj.
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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The ATV climbed over large rocks,
threatening
to unseat them both at any moment.
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They are uneasy in the rear and
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in front.
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There was something indescribably calm,
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, and hideous about this chamber.
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I'm a long time
threatening
to buy one.'
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But a long
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comes at last, they say.
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The wilderness looked a little more
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.
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Men have died as they deserved before to-day for
threatening
blackmail.
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It became that of the ruler, grave but not
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.
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He halted as if challenged by a
threatening
sentinel.
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Threatening storm-clouds came over the sky about ten o'clock.'
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"Mus at once perceived the danger which was
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him."
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