menace

Example Sentences

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It is especially a menace to anyone invested in securities such as longer-term Treasury bonds, which are “safe” in name only.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Flanker Manuel Zuliani has been a breakdown menace.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Mr. Frampton’s cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” lacks the menace and gritty attack of the original and probably should have been dropped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Aside from the ongoing menace of nuclear annihilation, the biggest threat we’ve faced as a country was 9/11 when the country’s mainland was attacked by al-Qaeda.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

And then again, there was something painfully familiar in the menace and male jocularity of that tape.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama