Example Sentences

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Along the East Coast, sea-level rise and flooding from rainfall have been threatening cities in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, among others.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

While his actions may have been threatening, I don’t excuse the children for being children, either.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

"We should never have been in this situation frankly, we should never have been threatening one of the key strands of the Good Friday Agreement," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2021

Xi’s media and military commanders have been threatening intervention for weeks.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2019

For some time I have been threatening to get a dog and yesterday, feeling the need of intelligent canine sympathy, I succumbed.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh