'threaten' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'threaten' with 20 example sentences.
- threaten verb
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: pose a threat to; present a danger to
: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
: to be a menacing indication of something
Anaphylaxis is a serious and life-threatening allergic reaction.
Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
Polar bears are threatened by climate change.
The village was threatened by a vast wildfire.
I received three threatening phone calls this morning.
Chimpanzees can throw stones when they feel threatened.
My father threatened to wash my mouth out with soap.
She threatened to kill me.
My assistant threatened to quit.
Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.
Airport workers are threatening to strike.
Was this man threatening you?
Don't threaten me. I won't say anything.
He's always threatening to quit, but he never does.
That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
Civilization is now threatened by nuclear war.
Even poisonous snakes will only attack if they feel threatened.
No doubt they feel threatened.
Dan threatened to burn the library.
I threatened to reveal his secret.