threaten
verb (used with object)
to utter a threat against; menace.
will threaten
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future tenseof threaten.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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What she surely isn’t expecting, however, as she buys food and makes croquetas in preparation for an eagerly awaited visit from her daughter from Madrid, is that this trip will threaten all she holds dear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
This will threaten its ability to operate—until it changes course to respect its original legal limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The report also projects that up to June 2026, malnutrition will threaten the lives of 132,000 children aged under five.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
And as reporters, in particular, think about how they want to approach coverage of those, I think they just need to remember that sometimes he will threaten.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
I will threaten to tell what I know, he resolved as he hurried between the darkening fields.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
