threaten
Example Sentences
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At times, however, the passages quoted from letters and memoirs come so thick and fast that they threaten to overwhelm the connecting strand of Mr. Hart’s own chronological narrative.
The Hammers pushed Liverpool close on Sunday, but they did not really threaten very much despite the Reds being so vulnerable defensively at the moment.
From BBC
The panel issue now threatens to interrupt an end-of-year scramble to meet the company’s annual production target.
Last month, Unite also claimed managers had threatened agency workers with being banned from jobs or blacklisted if they refused to cross picket lines.
From BBC
Trade and journalistic art criticism are both rooted in mass media, now threatened as their platforms shrink and disappear.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
