menaced
Example Sentences
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Asian carp have taken over the Mississippi River and dozens of tributaries, where they have menaced native fish by eating much of their food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Even when the whole family is menaced, as in “Poltergeist,” the evil entities have a special yearning to possess little blonde girls.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
After all, they inhabited a precarious cosmos where the prospect of drought menaced entire civilizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
But while Russian ships menaced off the Ukrainian coast, the small ports in the Danube river on the Romanian border kept working, offering a small but vital lifeline.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
The Spelling Bee buzzed dangerously in and out of range of the Humbug’s wildly swinging cane as they menaced and threatened each other, and the crowd stepped back out of danger.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
