'threatened' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'threatened' with 20 example sentences.
- threatened adjective
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: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
Polar bears are threatened by climate change.
The village was threatened by a vast wildfire.
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.
That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
Civilization is now threatened by nuclear war.
He said he felt threatened.
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.
He threatened to throw the diamond out the window.
Their country is threatened by anarchy.
Someone threatened to kill that politician.
This small Pacific island nation is threatened by climate change.
The employees threatened to go on strike.