menacing
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And Dastmalchian, who portrays Bison with an emphasis on sniveling evil, struggles to quietly undercut the character’s cartoonishly menacing getup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
You see their runs are really menacing, so I felt they were knocking on the door.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Recent attacks involved longer-range missiles and drones, the official said, hinting at a menacing weapons upgrade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Released in June, the group’s fourth album, “Escrito en Agua,” is a bohemian tour de force — a bewitching combination of freestyle poetry, menacing Krautrock, melancholy shades of jazz and post-rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He would have considered this disheveled creature’s intention as mad and impossible had he not remembered the serpent in his hand, its menacing fangs and cold eyes.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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