threatens
- present tense form of threaten (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The recent exchange of fire threatens a 2022 truce that has held despite expiring.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Any conduct that potentially threatens the safety of a protectee will not be tolerated," Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sledge is attentive to those around him who preserve discipline, decency and humanity when war threatens to strip all three away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The decline also threatens organisms across aquatic food webs, from microscopic life to fish and sharks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Away from the sorrow that threatens to take residence in my heart.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
