Example Sentences

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Only 5’ 8”, Robinson can appear threateningly huge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

“In this case, the three hostages were not moving threateningly and held up a white flag; therefore, it was right to confirm the identification before firing,” he said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Three of the assemblages incorporate electric warmers of various kinds, including one that dangles threateningly over four beeswax tongues that, according to the piece’s title, have “very little to say.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

The hosts eventually stormed to a 41-17 win with threateningly impressive individual performances from wings Portia Woodman and Ruby Tui.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2022

Seferino Pacheco stopped, looking vaguely askance and threateningly at the Easterner perched in the fallen cottonwood.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols