Example Sentences

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Condos said in an interview that he expected the threatener would face no consequences under state law.

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2022

But how would the government prove whether this threat in the mind of the threatener was genuine?”

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2014

The issue before the Supreme Court is whether "a true threat" requires finding that the threatener subjectively intended to be threatening.

From The Verge • Nov. 26, 2014

“This case, the standard was would a reasonable person think that the words would put someone in fear, and reasonable people can make that judgment. But how would the government prove whether this threat in the mind of the threatener was genuine?”

From Washington Post

The instrument clicked in her ear as the unknown 285 threatener hung up, leaving her seated there, astonished, hurt, bewildered.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)