threatening
Example Sentences
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The fast-developing storm is threatening to pummel the US East Coast with a foot or more of snow beginning Sunday, just weeks after the region recovered from another devastating weather system.
From Barron's
"You've got to respect the opposition. We know the threat they bring against us but we also know what we have to do in order for him not to be threatening against us."
From Barron's
More were threatening to leave the agency, according to people familiar with the situation.
Fidelity, the mutual-fund giant, stopped threatening to vote against directors on insufficiently diverse boards.
“What’s especially threatening about this is that our state’s tax structure is essentially a house of cards,” Kiley said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
