How to Use threat in a Sentence

threat

noun

• She ignored their threats and continued to do what she felt was right.
• He was willing to use violence and threats to get what he wanted.
• In the preview, one of the greatest threats to his peace is also a threat to his life.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• And he’s done so without coming on too strong as a strategic threat.
  — Martin Holmes, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
• And a college player putting $20 on the Steelers to win the Super Bowl is not a huge threat to college sports.
  — C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2023
• From a world-of-peace point of view, the goal of any military action is to bring a threat under control.
  — James F. Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2023
• Weers said the threat was received before school started.
  — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
• Deputies were able to contact the people named in the threat and further determined that the threat was baseless.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• Others are simply numb to hearing about the threat in their backyard.
  — Huizhong Wu, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• Those who remained in the cellar were presumed to be too gravely wounded to pose a threat.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• The statehouse in Frankfort was one of several around the nation to receive such a threat.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2024
• People in the press have no idea who this guy is, how he was formed, what the threat is, and this is a fundamental threat to the United States.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 2 Dec. 2023
• In North Carolina, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse has been under the threat of erosion since the 1930's.
  — Rachel Gold, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
• But this research shows that threats could also come from the chatbots themselves.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
• There will be no end to it anytime soon: the funerals, the recriminations, the threats, the fear, the assaults.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• In some cases, civilians struck out at looters, and at others who seemed like a threat.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• Some of this is because of the threat of natural disasters.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• But Urrutia said that Garcia’s actions posed a threat to the school and its students.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• Another threat to Nvidia’s business has come in the form of US curbs on exports to China, the largest market for chips.
  — Ian King, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
• The threat of loneliness comes in at No. 12, and Garcia adds new entries every week.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• Alabama was able to retire Nieto, the No. 9 hitter, to limit the threat.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 28 May 2023
• For Democrats, a smooth and soft-spoken hard-liner may be a bigger threat than a caustic screamer.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
• The people of Virgin River are facing new challenges and threats.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• Wilson, who also met with the Dolphins at the Senior Bowl, was a big-play threat for a run-heavy Michigan offense.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• The celestial object, formally known as Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks, does not pose a threat to the planet.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• In Europe, the threat of strikes had sent natural gas prices higher several times over the past month.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• The threat will shift northward on Sunday to include portions of Idaho and Wyoming in addition to Utah.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
• Oregon State will have its hands full with the dual threat Cordeiro, but at least the Beavers have some familiarity.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• The Broncos need a bonafide threat on the outside to pair with Zach Allen, who normally wreaks havoc on the interior.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes, the threats go beyond those directly involved in the cases.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024