menace
noun
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
are menacing
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present progressiveof menace.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, the Afghans’ reception will hinge on whether Wisconsinites conclude they are vulnerable or decide they are menacing, Roll said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2021
The majority of the arrests were on suspicion of malicious communications or breaching section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 - which includes sending messages which are "grossly offensive", convey a threat or are "menacing".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021
An unimaginable plight just a few years ago, the advancing tides are menacing its perimeter.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2018
They now are menacing Samarra, a Sunni-dominated city about 70 miles north of Baghdad that is home to an important Shiite shrine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2014
Oh, would to God I could sleep, always sleep, so as to be at least unconscious of the dangers that are menacing HIM!
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
