Examples of threatening in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His one passenger is alive with non-threatening injuries. — oregonlive, 5 July 2021 Robots become a non-threatening, non-judgmental, peer-like entity, opening pathways to learning through which the child can explore a new world. — Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 18 June 2021 Ahead of World Refugee Day later this month (June 20), the One Free Press Coalition (OFPC) acknowledges the plight of endangered journalists—and calls upon their oppressors cease threatening, unjust treatment. — Lydia Belanger, Fortune, 1 June 2021 For to raise a Black son in America means to constantly be worried that the child will be seen as too threatening or too aggressive, like 12-year-old Tamir Rice killed by a Cleveland, Ohio, police officer. — Rachel Hardeman, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021 And what’s more threatening to the status quo than a visionary? — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021 Defense attorney Eric Nelson referred to those bystanders as an angry, threatening, distracting crowd that prevented Chauvin from noticing the moment Floyd took his last breath. — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2021 Tricia Raffensperger, whose husband became persona non grata within his state GOP for stating that President Joe Biden won Georgia in November, told Reuters about the intimidation and shared threatening text messages sent to her in April. — Amara Walker, Chris Youd And Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 June 2021 Higuaín, 36, has overall been more effective than Pizarro for the team’s attack despite being in the latter stages of his career because of his ability to make more threatening passes and inject pace into Inter Miami’s offense. — Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 9 June 2021

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