menace

Wardley's hands were low and his punches wild and telegraphed, lacking the menace he had shown in Manchester.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Jaws” is a fantastic film if you can suspend your disbelief about a great white being the menace of the seas.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Subway cars and burned-out streets don’t require much in the way of elaborate illustration for the overhang of menace to be felt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Thousands of people have been evacuated on the Greek island of Crete as wildfires fanned by strong winds menace tourist resorts and villages.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

There was an air of menace about them as they loped slowly across the plain with long lolloping strides, heading for the BFG.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

The District of Columbia teems with nonprofits dedicated to the proposition that one thing or another menaces the citizenry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

EU officials said that as part of the efforts they want to step up the mandatory registration of drones across the bloc to be able to better keep track of potential menaces.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

It is a disgrace, he says, that the energy firms can send out "menaces" like that over a problem of their making.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

Judging from critical success in their careers, the Chrises have all played an array of roles — from lovable goofballs to cold-hearted menaces — and starred in box office hits and box office flops.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022

Speaking from the White House, President Eisenhower said he sent troops because “Mob rule in Little Rock menaces the very safety of the United States and the free world.”

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Hawaii was menaced by Hurricane Fausto last month, before the storm weakened and skirted north of the island chain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Trade barriers to Chinese goods are rising, and its own economy is menaced by deflation, the outgrowth of its rampant production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

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

Not the craggy summit looking over the Owens Valley 10,000 feet below nor the nearly vertical, several-hundred-foot drop that menaced just a few steps to the right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

The constant wave of tropical storms and hurricanes that menaced coastal Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida in the summer of 2004 turned their relaxed Southern coastal life into an apocalyptic struggle for survival.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

The same grin can look menacing or jovial, depending on how Thatcher contorts the rest of her features.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Blake was, by turns, crude, evasive, combative and menacing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Pax’s every instinct urged him to run from the menacing scent, but he would not leave without Gray.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker