threaten
verb (used with object)
to utter a threat against; menace.
threatened
Example Sentences
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Many of the mortgages defaulted, creating a foreclosure crisis that threatened to drag blocks back down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Signs placed along a service road warn of the presence of the federally threatened California red-legged frog at Diablo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dern came close to finishing 31-year-old Robertson a couple of times during the contest and was rarely threatened throughout.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Many stayed outside overnight as dozens of aftershocks threatened to bring down compromised buildings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
“And moments ago, when the lives of Lord and Lady Ashton’s newborn babies were threatened, it was these three brave children who ran to protect them, was it not?”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
