threatens
- present tense form of threaten (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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French authorities said that more than 220,000 people have now been evacuated from the main forest fire raging in the southwest of the country that now threatens the city of Bordeaux.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
"Any conduct that potentially threatens the safety of a protectee will not be tolerated," Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sledge is attentive to those around him who preserve discipline, decency and humanity when war threatens to strip all three away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The decline also threatens organisms across aquatic food webs, from microscopic life to fish and sharks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now Tersteeg threatens to tell Theo to stop supporting him.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
