menace
noun
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
have been menacing
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present perfect progressiveof menace.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In Florida, a group of people of unspecified political affiliation were said to have been menacing would-be voters outside a polling place in Broward County.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2016
Yet this also highlights that he has missed a chunk of the season through injury, whereas Kane and Vardy have been menacing defences from the start to the finish.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2016
They must have been menacing indeed in their khakis and penny loafers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The movement with the bow might have been menacing, but Bolden ignored that gesture.
From Bolden's Pets by Diehl
