threatening
Example Sentences
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This could escalate if the protests get larger and more threatening.
Cutbacks in venture capital and government funding are leaving labs empty and graduates struggling to find jobs, threatening a once reliable path to a high-paying career.
His move at the time won applause from the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance, which said imports were threatening 250,000 U.S. jobs in the industry.
From MarketWatch
Guinean security forces neutralised an armed group in the capital they said had "subversive intentions threatening national security", according to an official statement, a day before the country holds elections.
From Barron's
Each tour group maintained its distance from the blimp, anchored down by only its nose and threatening to move if the wind kicked up.
From Los Angeles Times
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