| 单词 | threaten |
| 例句 | I write about the Red Cross and the threatening announcement and the meticulous preparation for the visit that is supposed to showcase Mobius as a camp upon which all future camps can be modeled. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The artificial threatening letters—artificial since they were unreal, written only to be produced as evidence. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Either way she was conscious of the most horrible danger, because the flood was threatening to sweep her loose completely, and it was immense. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to be caught delivering or writing orders in the, rain either, rain that had' been threatening all during that warm October morning. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Two huge women with spoiled-cream complexions seemed to struggle with their massive bodies as they came past, their flowered hips trembling like threatening flames. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Wood’s message was even more upsetting — the fire had leaped forward and was threatening the block where the children were staying. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “It should be fine. It’s only threatened to blow up once.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Calling them unfit parents, the Nazis threatened to take away their children. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He threatened to keep me from my husband if I did not submit to his whim and destroy a paper that might help me get free. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Entering that sombre study, I could see just outside the window the brilliant red flames lit in every tree, and beyond, some threatening thunderclouds. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when Bill got into mischief in the kitchen, Chew Wong scolded him, picked him up, and threatened to put him in the oven. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel and Michael leave the wall, and we all watch it tip over with a ka-boom, exactly the way it has been threatening to do all night. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Growing corn and nothing but corn has also damaged the soil of our farmlands, polluted the water, and threatened the health of all the creatures downstream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But I heard you a few days ago, sobbing — I thought Snape was threatening you....” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It is only reasonable to suppose that all birds and mammals heavily dependent on earthworms or other soil organisms for food are threatened by the robins’ fate. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mutual Welfare League-style reforms threatened the entrenched power of certain inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And if you don't follow along, the Hitler Youth leaders threaten you with extra drills and fines and weekend detention. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The hobbits were glad to leave the cheerless lands and the perilous Road behind them; but this new country seemed threatening and unfriendly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Just as he felt an explosion threaten, Darlene froze and cried out. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one thing to threaten and scare the boys; it was another to actually beat them up. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We stood in the dark and cold for hours; we were counted, counted again, randomly abused—verbally, physically, or both—threatened, counted again, and finally assigned to work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He still had that feeling that something dark and threatening was moving in on them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m calling your father after this,” she said in her most severe, threatening tone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The folks at the boathouse threatened to call a policeman, but he went anyway. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Infected, they mingled with the civilian population and threatened to start an epidemic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Louis Swift recalled his father’s strategy: “When...the strikes threatened his prosperity through no fault of his own, then he proceeded to do everything he could to break them.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It must have been a good two hours, and would, Kit suspected, have been much longer had not the minister’s voice grown increasingly hoarse till it threatened to fail altogether. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Once more, she was looking into the eyes of the woman who had beaten her, threatened her, bought her once, and then sold her again and again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had never attacked a two-legs and this one didn’t threaten him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Tell me, and perhaps I will forgive you for threatening to murder me.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The last visit was fresh in his mind: Mama harassing Olanna, calling her a witch, hooting, and, worst of all, threatening to consult the dibia in the village. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had been shouted at, threatened, and poisoned. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Peck turns and I run at him because Mateo’s life is threatened. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The female child in them, who had been me, stopped being a child and became something else, something threatening and ruthless, something that would consume them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Moss stood slowly, the horror of realization spreading upward, planting itself in his chest, threatening to erupt out of his mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Also, some growers’ associations, threatened by the return of interned farmers, had been using the war as a way to foment hostile feelings in the major farming areas. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam Hooch, the Quidditch teacher, asked Flint and Wood to shake hands, which they did, giving each other threatening stares and gripping rather harder than was necessary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He turned slowly, freezing in place when the bones threatened to shift, then moving again, aiming toward where he thought the nearest edge lay. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If anyone says anything threatening to you, tell us at once.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They move from seat to seat, threatening the passengers with ice picks and demanding everything they have. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Reverend,” she said, looking at him with the daring defiance of a threatened child, “I does my best. I really does. Ain’t everybody got to have the same spirit.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z All I can do is curse at him and threaten what I’ll do to him when I’m free. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We made our first turn, the wheels creaking under us, the chariot threatening to tip, but we were now only ten feet behind Annabeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The sky remained gray, threatening, the valley dark, their ridge and part of the meadow around the ninth Little Baldy Bear Lake a sheer, dully gleaming white. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sibongile was right behind him with a pot of boiling water, cursing at him and threatening to douse him with it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We hadn’t gotten a tree and, as threatened, I didn’t get any presents. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Despite the blessing of a glorious summer day, the whole of Mossflower was doom-laden with an awful tension that threatened to burst upon the captives seated on the grass. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Thick clouds conceal the sky, which appears only here and there like the small lakes on a map, and the air threatens rain. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Even the devil wears clean underpants,” she said, pointing the threatening tip of the hot iron at my skimpy towel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I catch my breath and fight back tears, staring Camel straight in the eyes even as my lungs threaten to combust. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had never himself been beaten or threatened on a bus, but he had heard more than enough insults and witnessed more than enough abuse of black passengers to last a lifetime. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Outside in the pastoral quiet, Bloom felt threatened, exposed; he was a target. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The world went in ignorance of one of the gravest dangers that ever threatened the human race.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Every noise sounded threatening, every cat scurrying out of a doorway made Meggie jump. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When her attempt to abort herself failed and the doctor threatened her, she gave up that method. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Men did not often threaten Belwas, it would seem, and less so girls a third his size. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “But a little while ago, I got upset when someone threatened my mom and...I’m not sure if I consciously meant to do what I did, but it wasn’t good.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The first time the office was threatened the caller had made racist remarks about the need to teach us a lesson. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "Joffrey is as safe with me as he is with you," he assured her, "but so long as the boy feels threatened, he'll be more inclined to listen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In a way, I guess I thought I didn't really need to concern myself with this type of thing because compared to him, I don't come across as "threatening," you know? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If this evil was as threatening as Elena made it seem, then how could she possibly defeat it? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She doesn’t know the money for my fare is growing in the post office and she’d die if she knew what I was earning from writing threatening letters. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On May 5, a property owners’ association convened a raucous meeting, exhorting white residents to hold the line against the threatening wave moving toward them out of the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One reader became so furious when journalist Nelson Dunstan switched his allegiance from Seabiscuit to War Admiral that he threatened to attack him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The second time, they didn’t even threaten that much except to say that it was too bad a pretty lady would have to grow old in prison. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all winter birds, Frightful’s life was threatened. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The nation of France, especially, has gotten all high-and-mighty about threatening to remove their associations from South Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And all the while, Mel told her that though most people were threatened by those who were different, not everyone was so shortsighted. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And Jack came closer, threatening, and I laughed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was something else, another circumstance, that made it even more terrifying and threatening to the parents of the neighborhood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z First there was the local apple crop, threatening to rot because the harvesters had all gone into the army or war factories. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “In memory of all you did for me, I will forgive those words ... once... but never presume to threaten me again.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “See this, guys? The bully is threatening me. He takes money from little kids and now he’s threatening me also.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Right. It should be our job to make it an addictive game, to make it seem not at all threatening, so they actually want to open the app.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She doesn’t reach for her crop or threaten to kill me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Once he pushed back his hood, I saw that he had a smooth brown face, dimples that threatened to pull out a wide smile, and tight curly hair so black it shone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I’m under strict orders to tell them if anyone says or does something threatening. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I threatened all sorts of mayhem if he didn’t write down details of the trip and e-mail them to me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a time for honesty and a time to focus on the important issues possibly threatening everyone in Alke. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Tenorio threatened with his fist, “for what you have said to shame my daughters and my good name in front of those men, I will see you dead!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “She told me that because I was driving her crazy. She threatened to apply for Elsewhere.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In the rearview mirror I noticed with gratification that he was remonstrating quietly but firmly with Luther—threatening, I very much hoped, to take away his communication device. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Jim sputtered and threatened, but restrained himself from battering me on the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind-the-scenes maneuverings by Hamilton threatened to propel Pinckney past Adams, though Hamilton claimed that his chief goal was to knock Jefferson out altogether. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She screams at me like a banshee and jumps around the kitchen and threatens to drag me to the priest, the bishop, the Pope himself if he lived around the corner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “We’re not threatening it. You and I have both become invisible.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He flashed his bright teeth in a brief, threatening smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As for the threatening insults from their northern brethren in the government, pay them little attention. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z What made me realize that I should slow down on my wild streak is when Ms. Gruwell threatened to kick me out of the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His stomach churned, and the world threatened to turn black. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The sun from ambush was threatening the world with red daggers, but the shadows were gray and solid-looking around the barn. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was all very confusing to Clevinger, who began vibrating in terror as the colonel surged to his feet like a gigantic belch and threatened to rip his stinking, cowardly body apart limb from limb. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Investigator: Arson was our initial suspicion due to the number of threatening phone calls and letters Mrs. Tison has received during her husband's detainment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “What an outcry there was! The Principal had me up and threatened to hand me the immediate sack. I’m a marked man.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I have been threatened with axes, chainsaws, diseases, and insects. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes, they got so nasty with each other, I threatened to blister someone’s behind with my chancla if they said one more mean word to each other. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When it saw Miss Peregrine, it tried to hop away, but the headmistress followed, making a low, vaguely threatening warble in her throat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “What’s going on here? If you don’t settle down, I’m going to separate you,” she threatens. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She was frantically trying to quiet Maha, whose siren cries threatened to draw fatal attention to our hiding place. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Pinmei’s feet lost all feeling, and her legs threatened to go limp with each step. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Now even the rows of neat dormitories seemed to threaten me, the rolling lawns appearing as hostile as the gray highway with its white dividing line. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Strong hands wrenched Rabadash's sword from him and he was carried away into the castle, shouting, threatening, cursing, and even crying. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Are you threatening me? Because it looks like you’re trying to threaten me.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z An overwhelming sense of loss threatened to swallow him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Tendai had his legs hooked around an old chimney as he cut away the wisteria vine- that threatened to topple it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Even as she spoke, he appeared, terrible to behold, and threatened to crush the ship with rocks if they drew nearer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He charged that the roses I used to decorate their party tent ruined the hem of the bride’s dress and caused her aunt to trip and break her leg. “I got threatening phone calls daily. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Given that Mrs. Atanabi had issued such a threatening warning about being late, I wasn’t surprised that both Summer and Ximena were already there, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We get out the car, and Seven yells about us sneaking off and threatens to tell Daddy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Can you think of time when you have heard people speak of a group or person in ways that dehumanize them, ways that make them a threatening Other? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was an appeal to an over-ripe guava threatening to fall from its tree and make a mess on the ground. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom’s lawyers had countered by threatening to take Miranda and have Sherri declared insane, or at least incapable of being a parent. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And he also told them that later their son acted aggressively and threatened him and then drove away—naked—before he or the sheriff’s office could figure out what had happened at the river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He subsided, grumbling to himself, threatening the future cats which might dare to disturb the future rabbits. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I wasn’t exactly what she’d had in mind, a dainty daughter to help her bail against the rising tide of the rough-and-tumble boyish energy that always threatened to engulf the house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Snape had acquired a few more slimy horrible things in jars since last time, all standing on shelves behind his desk, glinting in the firelight and adding to the threatening atmosphere. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The soldier stood over him in a threatening manner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He took with him only two helpers, assuming that residents of the threatened blocks would eagerly volunteer. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Meeting her wouldn’t bring Peach back to Grace, or fill the cracks that were threatening to shatter her into pieces, but it would be something. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This didn’t bother him too much actually, but when he heard Grover was being charged again, in a case with a different judge, he threatened to testify unless Grover bought the property back. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamaica had already seen many slave revolts, Trelawney Town in Jamaica shows how threatening the Haitian revolt was to slaveholders everywhere. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “If he threatens you . . .” She looked pale, but she nodded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t think there is anything life threatening about speech impediments, but let me tell you, there is nothing more dangerous than being a lad with a stutter and a lisp. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not exactly threatened, but I sure felt warned; he doesn’t want me talking to Sheriff“Smith about what he did to Emmett while we were fishing.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The weight of their expectations threatened to crush me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Perilee and Karl spun by—he tall and solid, she round of belly and homely of face—and my heart filled up so full, it threatened to spill out my eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The heat is horrible, but worse than the heat is the smoke, which threatens to suffocate me at any moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Even as fighting threatens to break out all around him, Lee waits, unruffled. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The quality of her clothes threatened to derange Frieda and me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Weasley, I’m sorry, but isn’t it worth investigating? If Malfoy wants something fixing, and he needs to threaten Borgin to get it done, it’s probably something Dark or dangerous, isn’t it?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z After living his whole life free and unrestrained by anyone or anything, he found himself confined and threatened in a way he could never have imagined. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the postwar years, when an influx of demobilized students threatened to burst the seams of Berkeley’s outdated scientific facilities, California’s legislature and the university’s private patrons responded with unprecedented generosity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The loaders grumbled at the boys for not having laid the hay properly and threatened to tan them when they caught them, if they got left behind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And she said, “Christopher, not now. I’m getting phone calls from your father threatening to take me to court. I’m getting it in the neck from Roger. It’s not a good time.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She had threatened to take control of every Roman—just as she had taken control of Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The situation was threatening to lead to a bloody and unequal civil war when the authorities called upon the workers to gather in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The powerful magnets jolted the fourteen-ton vacuum tanks out of place, which threatened in turn to pull apart the superstructure of pipes, pumps, and cables. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z An older boy, with fuzz on his upper lip, came up behind the one who threatened me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The Parthians were threatening to take over the entire eastern territory, kingdom by kingdom. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “And just what understanding led you to bring a gun into this house? To take it in your hand and threaten someone’s life?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Lacking rest, though, she was the Yellow River, roiling, threatening to become the sorrow of millions. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That orgasmic rise as the clamor and energy of it built, threatening to overwhelm his senses, until it was right upon him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z As might be expected, throwing open the doors of any school to every freshman in Chicago threatened to create bedlam. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Once back here, I too felt very saddened,” he tells them, “and had continued to feel the storm that threatens you also weighing upon me.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We laughed so hard the manager threatened to kick us out. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It is galling indeed to have stood so long, hat in hand, waiting for Americans to grow up enough to realize that you do not threaten them. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She took it out on those of them who were still in school, threatening to load them down with extra lessons if they didn’t get their minds on their studies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His voice was low and threatening, and I began to wonder whether I might wind up joining Rufus unconscious on the ground. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A gust blew down the chimney, threatening the fragile fire. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Guards would rush to protect those threatened in the plot, and the conspirators would be hunted down. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If Grace thought she was the first person who had threatened to put her in the trunk for being a brat on a car trip, she had another think coming. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Gen yanked her jump rope off her shoulder like a whip, only it didn’t look very threatening since it was hot pink and she’d put happy-face stickers on the handles. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z These continued to call me an Uncle Tom, and to threaten me with death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His message was crude and obvious: hook-nosed Jewish Communists threatened to take over the country. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After the cutoff, the union local, not certain what else to do about it, threatened to strike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They call the Witches The Three Wired Sisters; they call Cordelia a cream-faced loon, and they threaten to put eye of newt and toe of frog into her coffee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The thing against which he had been fighting on and off ever since he had come out of the maze was threatening to overpower him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Not likely. Not unless something threatens you or endangers you during the night.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z On one occasion, Jose, a timid, quiet teenager, is threatened by a man who wraps a chain around his neck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z From time to time Riccio gave Scipio such a threatening look that Prosper decided to walk between the two of them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They also announced that the Arab armies had begun their threatened invasion. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Innocent of the tragedy that threatened it, the town poured into the main square in a noisy explosion of merriment. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A sudden wind sweeps in from the desert, shaking the trellis and threatening to rip me from my perch. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I got in my car with the sinking realization that if everyone who tried to help us on this case was going to be threatened, it would be very difficult to prove Walter's innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His hands, clenched into tight, angry fists, threatened at any moment to explode with purple rage into Jordan’s face. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I just figured she was already camped outside the principal’s office, threatening to rain down hell on him.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She teased him because it was all so pretty and melodic, and "in the same phylum as Hall and Oates," and he threatened to evict her from his room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z This two-legs, very big and very threatening, stood over him as he lay in the corner he had chosen as a sleeping place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Doubtless he meant to sound threatening, but that absurd wisp of a mustache ruined the effect. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the porches have pumpkins on them, carved with faces, happy or sad or threatening, waiting for tonight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s not me he’s threatening, but it’s still me he’s yelling at. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "You girls are going to drive me crazy!" she threatened, if they kept nagging. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Back then, the Doctorita’s education probably impressed him more than threatened him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They threaten her with their white shining eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Two are burning in Castaic, more than fifty miles west of us, threatening access to Castaic Lake—which millions from Los Angeles are trying to reach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I will use this,” she said in a threatening voice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Darryl looked me up and down, a threatening expression on his face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Each candle changed subdy as it was put in place; its flame rose thinner and higher, taking on a golden- white tinge instead of the cold, threatening blue. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He was arguing already, threatening lawsuits, the loss of all their jobs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was hate, rather than the pain in his ankle, that threatened to overwhelm him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Although thick trees shaded the path and they could hear rustling in the undergrowth and unfamiliar cries of strange forest birds, nothing seemed threatening. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it had been experimenting with other philosophies for several centuries, when threatened with schism it turned orthodox once again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What we disagreed about was threatening all that we had agreed upon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sik's my name, and I play a mean game/What makes you think you can bring your stink/To threaten my fam and our fine deli meat?/Get out now before I call the heat." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Calculus was the very language of nature, yet its very fabric was infused with zeros and infinities that threatened to destroy the new tool. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The weather threatened to dull the elaborate fireworks display that Frank Millet had planned as a further boost for the exposition’s attendance, which despite steady week-to-week increases still lagged behind expectations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "And who would you be, to threaten me so?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The second I spoke to him, this face that had seemed so threatening and mean lit up with gratitude. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Archer took a seat opposite her, where he could watch the porter, though there was nothing threatening about the man who hung up the lantern—just a silhouette against the starred sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With only hook latches for locks, Louise took to sitting by the front door on an apple box with a rolling pin in her hand, ready to brain any prowlers who might threaten her children. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z With a curt smile, she says, “We expect to have a positive experience with you. Don’t do anything to threaten our trust.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Forty thousand citizens threatened to shut down the city. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Outraged, the royal governor closed the port to all trade, threatening the people with starvation until they paid for the tossed tea. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he threatened to send over a couple of Sherpas from his team to “sort out” Ang Dorje with their fists. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z How is this the good life, when even the air in this place threatens to wrap its fingers around my throat? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I could use some lightness after the threatening grill of that man with the gym bag. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The troubled white audiences were confused, disturbed, felt themselves threatened. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The red walls looked even more threatening on this overcast day and the expression on the doll-like face of Capricorn’s statue seemed even more malevolent than before, if that were possible. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She doesn’t even know to be threatened by me because why would she? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t listen to this part,” I said to Martí, covering his ears when Miss Gulch threatened to harm Toto. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The boy was running down the road toward her, pursued by several much bigger boys shouting and threatening with their pitchforks and rakes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You really shouldn’t threaten other students,” he said with a little laugh, as if trying to pass my comment off as a joke. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t start,” he begged in a threatening voice, both hands tightening around his beer bottle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The officer who shot the boy said that the teen had been menacing and had moved quickly, in a threatening manner. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Only stories of love pass through our post-mortal filter, yet even then, we are baffled by the intensity of longing and loss that threatens those mortal tales of love. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Up comes the machete and Matthew steps forward again, threatening enough to start Manchee barking, “Back! Back! Back!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I watched as she walked up to another girl in our class, her red bun shaking and threatening to topple over as she talked enthusiastically about cafeteria food. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He threatened to come right over to my house if I didn’t agree. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew that there would be times and circumstances during which our society would be threatened by the acts of individuals. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington had been threatening to retire even before he was inaugurated as president in 1789, and he had repeated the threat in 1792 prior to his reelection. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Did any of those boys threaten you again?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The Gestapo had threatened to shoot him if he talked. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sugah,” Lillian cooed, “the reason the children know all those capitals is because you threatened to kill them if they didn’t learn them.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, dropping the wallet on Juanita’s lap, I closed my eyes and fought past the raw, agonizing emotions that threatened to overwhelm me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z This photograph shows members of many tribes who gathered at Standing Rock in North Dakota in an effort to stop a pipeline that threatened an essential water source. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z When the church was threatened, it retreated into its old philosophy, turning back toward the Aristotelian doctrine that had supported it for so many years. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "I did not come here to be threatened, either." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What are you doing ... are you threatening me?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Anticipation began to plague her with such ferocity that the thought of a husband, on which all her hopes were pinned, threatened at times to send her into another attack. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The school kept threatening to drop football because of low attendance. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The principal threatened to have him arrested, but the students loved him. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z That chant did more than threaten a slave revolt—it was a challenge to all ranking hierarchies. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Another yawn threatened to break out—all this stress was exhausting. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Several times during the missile crisis, accidents or misunderstandings threatened to trigger a sudden nuclear incident. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even though this threatened to put his $5.5 million film project in jeopardy, he made the crucial gas available without hesitation. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But Matt still fought against the dullness that threatened to overwhelm him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that someday I’ll be a rich Yank and send home hundreds of dollars and my family will never have to worry about threatening letters again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But that same touch of the childish also gave it an air of something not quite rational, faintly threatening and mocking. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z New York City, with fewer people, seemed more threatening somehow. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The creatures were roaming city streets, threatening millions of New Yorkers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Now the many clubs with mixed Jewish and non-Jewish membership were threatened with dissolution if they did not purge their rolls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "The Rooster" is what Paul calls himself when he's feeling threatened. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Usually when Gramps cussed like this, Gram threatened to go back to the egg man. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Remembering one unlocked another and then another until you were drowning in a tidal wave threatening to sweep you away. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Even after Lysa locked him in one of her sky cells and threatened him with her moon door, he had still denied it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tears threatened again to fill his eyes, but he refused to let them come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They looked like soft marbles, pink shooters striated with red, inside of which an orange/yellow liquid gleamed and threatened to ooze out if the outer membrane broke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Only after I threatened to rip out the stitches in the side of my head did they finally tell me what Miles had done. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “He threatened to leave me if I got involved with your group.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At any time her husband might have threatened to eat her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “You...you interrogated her? What’d you do, threaten to take her makeup off and reveal her secret identity?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Malaria programs are threatened by resistance among mosquitoes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I try to make up for my poor practice and soon my lungs are aflame and my legs are screaming, threatening to quit on me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Especially the part where he threatens to kill you and then blows up your aunt’s trailer.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The damp, moldy smell beneath the stage threatens to choke me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She is three months behind in school payments for Belky, and the school is threatening not to let her take final exams. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Zoos are conducting similar breeding programs for many other threatened species, including gorillas and rhinos. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The buildings aren’t as tall, and the roofs are crumbling, some threatening to collapse entirely if too much force hits them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I can feel the tears threatening to come out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “While my parents worried about the threatening clouds of war, I believed my Hitler Youth teaching that war was a necessary cleansing process for the human race.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Disturbing hair and eyes, a smile like no other, threatened the ideal of five generations living under one roof. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip off my flats and walk down the front porch steps, while Mother calls out for me to put my shoes back on, threatening ringworm, mosquito encephalitis. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Scalping, attacks on women and children or threatening to attack them, and the use of biological weapons such as smallpox were irregular warfare strategies employed against Indigenous civilian populations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “And the writer also threatened to choke me to death.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The horses would not pass the threatening stone, until the riders dismounted and led them about. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She complained about his speeding, threatened to fire him for being late again, asked him to repeat her instructions to make sure he had understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They were also threatened by his dedication to black causes to the detriment of their own. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He told us about being pressured by the sheriff and the ABI and threatened with the death penalty if he didn't testify against McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Helmuth knows he's supposed to support his country and its leaders, and yet the Nazis feel dark and threatening, too. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Though they carried him from one police station to another, though they threatened him, persuaded him, bullied him, and stormed at him, he steadfasdy refused to speak. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You could be sued for that,” he threatened from the floor. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t until two years ago when he was threatened with expulsion that he finally told me the truth. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Once, the local director of la migra threatened to lock up the priest for several years on smuggling charges if he didn’t bar migrants from entering his church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was Myron, six weeks ago, who had threatened to take me away from her if she didn’t agree to intensive rehabilitation. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Arnold wrote Washington and threatened that if André were hanged, Arnold would “retaliate on such unhappy Persons of your Army as may fall within my Power.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z According to an account recorded by a friend of Stanton’s, her father told her, “Your first lecture will be a very expensive one,” threatening to disinherit her if she went through with it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The vibrant, pop-culture marketing of the film gave people permission to claim and learn about Malcolm in a forum that was not threatening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And if its members considered a plan too radical—that is, if it threatened their interests—they would dig in their heels and work quietly against it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I held on, maintaining eye contact, bruising my book, threatening my heart. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He even stuffed the macrobiotic jerky in his coat pocket, in case he needed to threaten any more killer whales. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A dark undertow threatened to pull her under, down to the horrible truth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A wave of loss threatened to engulf him; he curled his fingers into fists, feeling his nails pressing into his palms. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My voice wavers and threatens to dissolve into tears again. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Morrison’s former wife, Cole—who said she hadn’t come forward right after the murder because Morrison had threatened to “stomp me to death”—corroborated his account. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In Du Bois’s view, Washington’s public statements arguing that poor education and bad choices were responsible for the plight of former slaves ignored the damage wrought by caste and threatened to rationalize the entire system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s crazy what a few lines of paint can do: I knew it would threaten the future for Dad, but I had no idea it would dredge up a long-forgotten past for the town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He rambled on about the people who wanted to get him and a threatening letter he’d received. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I would not tell the story of my love to this hard-hearted fiend should he press my thumbs and threaten to pull my limbs apart on a great wheel! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Clay’s voice and, when she thought about it, not even a threatening voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dude, he threatened to break my neck and kill Thomas! The guy is mentally whacked, and you better send someone right now to throw him in the Slammer. He’s dangerous.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They say that once when things got out of hand at the rodeo and the crowd threatened an official, the sheriff took care of it himself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Essentially, my job was to make sure they didn’t do anything to threaten security, such as drop tools to inmates or leave out dangerous equipment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama, the one doing the beating, was really mad and threatened even more punishment. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He had not meant to shout, but anger and panic were threatening to overwhelm him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche; his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z His yelling threatened to wake up one-year-old Nikki, and Joy tried to shush him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I realized that Miss Brown had the same threatening hold over all her other pupils as she had over me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At the mere mention of the Praise Singer, however, Amadeus threatened to feed him, an inch at a time, to the crocodiles at the zoo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her tusks weren’t much to look at, and her tail bristles seemed more delicate than threatening. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Once when he was too hot he pointed an arrow at the sun and threatened to shoot him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It definitely didn’t come out as polite as I meant it, and for a second I thought she’d threaten to report me to Mr. McCabe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Whittaker came to the cell and threatened to gag the women if they weren’t quiet. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The line wavered at its most immediately threatened point, then stiffened again, stood firm. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He is threatening to sue the school district and Mr. Neck for everything from incompetence to civil rights violations. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z For once I didn’t have to chase them all over the place, didn’t have to threaten, yell, or pull their ears for ignoring me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He swings the silver-tipped cane under her belly and behind her front legs, essentially threatening her with it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sorrow threatened to overwhelm him, and he didn’t want to be caught sobbing like a baby. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge blocks of stone lay everywhere, piled against the mountainside, threatening to fall, strewn about as though hurled by giants in some dreadful battle. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy to Know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The same threatening scent that had made him anxious for two days. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I also heard they threatened you for defending me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The valley, which has been home and shelter for my whole life, seems now to threaten me wherever I go, whatever I do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z His family was asleep in the bunk bed that the store had now threatened to repossess. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In spite of his threatening words, the muvuki didn’t look particularly angry, nor did the trader appear frightened. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s the only one who doesn’t watch—he threatened to take it all away from me again when I suggested he was missing a fabulous show. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When DNA is damaged by a mutagen, such as X-rays, genetic information is obviously threatened. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She doesn’t yell at me; she doesn’t threaten to not pay my tuition, or send me back to Haiti. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The concept appealed to both Teller and Lawrence, who understood that public alarm about fallout could threaten the lab’s existence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "The boy's a Stark, true enough. Only a Stark would be fool enough to threaten where smarter men would beg." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As it was the mother had stood and faced him and made a sound, a low sound in her throat to threaten and warn him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He was threatening to shoot Edward, as he had in the laboratory, where he had been guarding the door leading out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The dolphins glare at me tonight, and although a lack of opposable thumbs makes swordplay unlikely, I find them far more threatening than usual. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was not a child in either country that at one time or another was not, when misbehaving very badly, threatened with abandonment in the Fire Swamp. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if the swarm of stick figures have come alive in their background, threatening to fly off the canvas and nest in our hair. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her face contorted with rage, her stance heavy and threatening. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was a gruesome and excruciating silence that threatened to endure forever. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Wherever there are great forests, modern methods of insect control threaten the fishes inhabiting the streams in the shelter of the trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Out in the open bay, though, the chop was even heavier, heavy enough to threaten to swamp the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then the spell was broken as great numbers of people, stirred by their own emotions, roared their acclaim and rushed toward Anderson to offer congratulations and good wishes, threatening to mob her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “I showed my dad ReelTok screaming about Chokecherry, and now the chamber of commerce is threatening to sue him. Let’s get out there.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z For us, it was like someone threatening to take away the sun, or charge a fee to look up at the sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Some threatened us if we looked and others if we did not. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The fabric pulls against the seams, threatening to tear if I even look at a chair the wrong way. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The altercation threatened to descend into an acrimonious civil war, and I did my best to prevent a rupture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cornell crept up behind them and briefly threatened but then fell back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy, but with the strength of three horsepower, we managed to shift the wreckage so it was no longer threatening to collapse on the baby cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I well knew the authorities would feel threatened by my kaross as so many whites feel threatened by the true culture of Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although many of these antisuffrage sentiments may seem ludicrous to us today, they were taken seriously by those who felt threatened by the prospect of women attaining the ballot. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The school bus drivers threatened to go on strike. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Whitlock threatens to dismember anyone nicking mouse parts, but after a flask of his special coffee he gets drowsy and careless. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Neither had a license to practice in Peru, and at one point both Jim and Farmer had been threatened with expulsion from the country. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Wayne issued an ultimatum to the alliance, threatening harm to women and children if the men did not stop fighting. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Because of Ashoke’s passion for this particular book, the spine had recently split, threatening to divide the pages into two sections. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look what we’ve come to,” she would tell him as the June rains threatened to knock the shelter down. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After work I decide to visit the state park where Pete has been threatening to take me, to appropriate a bit of this brilliant fall day for myself. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Rafe held up his hands and looked around like Grace had just threatened him with a gun and told him to empty the register. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When he contemplated the many diseases and potential accidents threatening him, he was positively astounded that he had managed to survive in good health for as long as he had. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z An ache deep and wide as the sea threatens to drown my heart. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Afterward he threatened to cut out my tongue if he ever again heard I wasn’t speaking Venda. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He had come a long way from his anger the night before—from threatening not to tell me where Kevin was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z If his life had been threatened, if he had been in danger of any kind, he would have insisted on police protection. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of their wagon, Rorge cursed and threatened and told them to unchain him while Yoren was gone, but no one paid him any mind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They approached slowly, careful not to make any threatening moves. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t think any more about the threatening phone calls. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Madam reigned over her end of the table with the occasional flutter of her fan, the wave of hair above her brow threatening to crash at any moment. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, Danny showed up hammered, and threatened to take Mitchell. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Remember your instructions!” the high school girl threatened us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming up suddenly, shouting at me, ordering me to go faster no matter how fast I went, cursing me, threatening me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Milton was threatening the looter with two pieces of toasted bread, a slice of meat, and some hot mustard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t make me pull over,” Dad threatens good-naturedly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Pink Whiskers promptly banned him from riding for a full year for his “defiant and threatening attitude.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z How he’d threatened to expel Ocean if I didn’t break up with him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Drizzle fell upon the fat friar’s face, threatening to wake him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Either that or Charlene’s mother threatening to call the police worked. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “The Lord rideth,” he said, low and threatening, “upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wait until my lungs threaten to give out before surfacing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As a result of the two Paul Coates shows, my mother had received her first threatening call. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So bad Big Ma didn’t threaten to beat the daylights out of Vonetta when she got home. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They giggled and ran away, but as soon as they disappeared a large woman came stomping out, screaming something about brats and threatening to tan their hides. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As the buildings rose, the architects spotted flaws in their designs but found the forward crush of work so overwhelming, it threatened to leave the flaws locked in stone, or at least staff. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t bother mentioning that lately what was threatening to do me in didn’t feel much like grief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But Rashid didn’t rush him or reach for his bag or anything threatening. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It merely explained what was being done and why, and threatened like treatment to the next buyer of stolen weapons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His lordship’s cushioned throne was wide enough to accommodate three men of common girth, yet Manderly threatened to overflow it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Would the gesture have been so threatening if he was white?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z People lost jobs, positions, and were threatened with having their children taken away. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Orion, you claim to be strong. Yet you couldn’t keep the vows of the Hunt. You died rejected. And now you’re running errands for your mother. So tell me again, how exactly are you threatening?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z You do know, it said, low and threatening. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Is that the time you threatened to push me into the Thames?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You can protect other buildings that are threatened,” the young scythe said, “but you’ll let this entire compound burn to the ground.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And suddenly I am hurled against the walls, again and again, and forced through the opening where the light threatens to burst my eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The boy would have much preferred him to threaten him, to ill-treat him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sponging,” an old race- fixing technique from racing’s corrupt days, threatened horses’ lives. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiddler crab is not the only creature of tidal marsh and estuary to be threatened by pesticides; others of more obvious importance to man are endangered. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We ate almost all our meals in the drawing room, journeying to the dining car only on those infrequent occasions when Mother yielded to our complaints that scurvy was threatening to set in. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian countered by threatening to execute her children if she did not eat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A Democratic alderman elected by the residents of Packingtown threatened escalated violence if the mayor did not take action: “We must defend ourselves if the city authorities won’t protect us.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I find these references to bad times vaguely threatening, vaguely insulting: I am not the sort of girl who has bad times, I have good times only. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was subjected to an elaborate admission process and given a beeper to activate if I was ever threatened or distressed while inside the prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A world where guys who look like me and probably liked the Phantom movie, too, can dance next to other guys who probably liked Phantom and not get threatened or assaulted. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I swallowed and clenched my teeth against threatening nausea. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In the summer’s stifling heat, the room seemed airless and threatening. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The fire roared, at least ten feet wide with its tongues of flame licking far up into the air, almost threatening the lower limbs of the trees surrounding it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A troop of baboons trotted along the bank to observe her, and the males uttered threatening cries. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a wooden Indian outside his store which stood in a threatening stance on a wooden block. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lucas’s voice was even, the way cops talk to people standing on a ledge threatening to jump. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He probably wasn’t used to pretty girls threatening to cut his throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They waited in their chairs until the pearls came in, and then they cackled and fought and shouted and threatened until they reached the lowest price the fisherman would stand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just want to tell all those people who’ve been sending me threatening letters that if they ever come down here, the same thing’s gonna happen to them that happened to Emmett Till.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z And now he was mine and I said we should not let our love be threatened. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The weight of her legs pulled at her, threatening to make her lose her grip, which was slick with sweat and probably blood. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Folly Bridge had been swept away altogether, and the Thames was no longer a river but a swollen sea of gray turbulence sweeping from right to left and threatening to overwhelm La Belle Sauvage entirely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children blocked the entrance to the jail, threatening to riot if their demands were not met. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And now the hospital bill hovered overhead too, yet one more steel beam threatening to bring them all down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Judge Taylor caught her at it one day and threatened her with a bench warrant. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I kind of figured that out when you threatened to lock me in the trunk,” Maya scoffed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z His voice is threatening from the moment he speaks. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My mother covered the silence with talk about orchids, and Lucas couldn’t stop talking about his job if someone had threatened to bloody, bloody murder him if he said another word. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Whenever he threatened to fall behind, the knight would seize his fetters and yank them roughly, sending the dwarf stumbling and hopping along beside him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I said that. I’m really rooting for you both. I just feel threatened.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As a result, he had little contact with his parents after that, unless you count the time he threatened to come over and burn their house down with them inside. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As black residents paced outside the church, they ranted and threatened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t threaten me, Big Tough Marine. Does Big Tough Marine have to pick on his family the day his son becomes the better man?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She never threatened me or tried to have me whipped. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As Chapter Eleven had intended when he threatened to dodge the draft, Father Mike was heading for Canada! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bogeyman our mothers used to threaten us with when we were slow to finish our meals. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But then the United States threatened to dismiss the shah as well, and he was like: "How soon do we get this overthrow party started?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “We have done you no harm. You have no cause to threaten us.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They were inclined to be taciturn before the sun came, only making occasional remarks, or crying their single wam- ing-note if danger threatened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z People slamming, shoving, scrambling like ants as the hill presses in, threatening to crush their fragile shells. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His own daughter, he said, thought a man on his phone had threatened to kill her. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tears threaten at the corners of my eyes, but I force myself to hold them back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His approach had been to offer me a drink, and when that had failed he had threatened; he had tried flattery, and when that had failed he had hinted at expulsion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The rising water swirled, threatening to pull her under. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In Lacks Town, Joe drank all day, picked fights with his cousins, and threatened to kill several of them, including Cootie. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The street was as black, as threatening, as enigmatic as before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z This was of course a wild underestimate, but a radical notion nonetheless, and Buffon found himself threatened with excommunication for expressing it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It preened a long iridescent feather, shook its head, raised and lowered its crest in a gesture that was somehow threatening, and turned to gaze at us with a perfectly round, yellow eye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He got up, his face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Whatever you threaten, I— HARRY: Minerva, I come here in peace, not war. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “If you don’t, things might go rough on you,” Devine threatened quietly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d hurt Boo and threatened to kill their families and them if they didn’t bring him all three keys. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He threatened that if I told anyone he would kill me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Occasionally he threatened to make Mr. Larson change rooms—but there was really no other room he could move to. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The throbbing ache near her clavicle when she shifted was a painful reminder of the rock that had hit her, but she bit into her lip until the threatening tears waned. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her hands were shaking so hard, the coffee threatened to fall to the ground. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In moments of anger, one or the other often threatened divorce. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Small wonder that it had been hundreds of years since they last threatened the Vale with anything beyond an occasional raid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And they are nice guys, so this is not threatening or mocking, just—it’s unusual enough to make them wonder. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I looked at her eyes and saw a friendly twinkle in them that made her seem even less threatening. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A shiver of anticipation makes my heart threaten to burst. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Dudley gently released himself from his mother’s clutches and walked toward Harry, who had to repress an urge to threaten him with magic. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With Lucas, I could be my insecure shell of a man and not feel threatened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z To win the Cherokees to their side, British authorities provided weaponry and money, while separatist representatives threatened the towns with complete destruction if they did not remain neutral. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z When General Clinton threatened to kill him and cut his stomach open, Taylor agreed to take another dose of medicine and once again vomited up the ball. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She guessed that dating a girl was a lot less threatening to her parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z No wonder the radar operators, sitting eight hours a day in front of screens, could miss these life- threatening blips, these German bombers that could kill their friends and family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The mattering of it filled her up and she threatened to burst with it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Executive Order 9066 had been signed by President Roosevelt, giving the War Department authority to define military areas in the western states and to exclude from them anyone who might threaten the war effort. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z At a time when medical knowledge and practice had changed little since medieval times, minie ball wounds were particularly life- threatening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He was threatened and hounded by anonymous callers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma and Dad had threatened to send Byron to Grandma Sands about a million times but we never thought it would happen. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t make me go through your clothes and throw out all those holey pants and shoes,” she threatened. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The boat’s draw was greater than I would wish, and with but three of us, the water lapped high on the gunwales, threatening to spill over. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The landlord is threatening to evict us because of the odor. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The cows gazed at him with a sort of threatening idiotic placidity; the horses peered down their long snouts like curious, intelligent gods. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another popular antisuffrage argument stated that giving women the right to vote would threaten the family structure. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps if he only threatened to tell what he knew... The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They loved their comfortable lives and lashed out at anything that threatened this idyllic existence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked, leaned into the ashtray, kinda looked like he was leaning over the ledge of a pool, threatening to fall in. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He told me that sometimes she’d be so angry, she’d threaten to come round to the house, go to his work, throw herself in front of a train. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A patrol car had followed them the entire 340-mile trip after the school received a series of phone calls threatening to sabotage the buses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The three-legged German shepherd, which had been staring at him through opaque but threatening eyes, suddenly growled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What began as a tense standoff between the two superpowers now threatened to spiral into an actual nuclear conflict. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. It looked real. He was threatening me.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Dark green mold eats through the cracks in the wall as wild trees and vines threaten to overtake the building. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice ached and groaned, like old bones carrying too many years, brittle and threatening to snap at any moment. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The clouds still circled the sky, threatening to invade at any moment, but for now the sun shone bravely in its halo of blue sky. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I showed them a jellyfish that lights up like police flashers when it’s threatened, and another jellyfish that absorbs all the light that surrounds it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I can’t believe this: smashing fishbowls and threatening work stoppages is doing great? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Monsters coming through the Doors of Death to threaten his friends at Epirus—that was bad enough. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I feared that Gebu of yours had done one of those awful things he’s always threatening. The Ancient and I, we didn’t know what had happened.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I choked back the hysteria that threatened to explode, but a small giggle managed to get out despite my efforts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At first I was threatened with not being allowed to go to Bible school, which I loved, but eventually an arrangement was worked out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z We have reached the point where proliferation of nuclear arms and resistance to nuclear disarmament threaten every person on the planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t get his way this time—not after threatening their fives and sending them to make Achelous miserable for the sake of spiting Hera. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The waters in the lake and out in the open ocean churn furiously now, turning choppier as a storm approaches from the horizon, black and threatening. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Derek jammed his hands in his pockets so hard they threatened to burst through the fabric. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Because what if he was like his father, with that threatening kind of anger, the kind that was always simmering, the kind that could boil over at any time and hurt everyone in the way? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead, they surged forward, threatening to overrun the barricades and the police, demanding to see for themselves that only white students remained. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing more happened that evening, and by the time I went home, the lunatic did not seem quite so threatening. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A bubble of scary laughter threatens to rise up my throat, and I have to bite my cheek to keep it from coming. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z According to the Millennium Challenge scenario, a rogue military commander had broken away from his government somewhere in the Persian Gulf and was threatening to engulf the entire region in war. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The laws are neither threatening nor friendly, just citing the facts: No person shall require any white female to nurse in wards or rooms in which negro men are placed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Okay, then if he hasn’t actually come out and threatened you, maybe it’s not as bad as you think. Does this kid bring some sort of weapon to school?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When the torrent from Quincy threatened to flood Monticello, he apologized for getting so far out ahead. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was like a wind that threatened to unsettle everything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Algebra threatened to put an end to my scholarship. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A gust of wind threatened to scatter the pile of trash she had collected, and she scurried to cover it with her broom to keep it from being blown away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His deep bass voice threatened to drown everyone else out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to screech at the end, like what I thought a threatening hawk might sound like, but it didn’t sound dangerous at all. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “What’s worse—the cowards didn’t just threaten Coach Dub and the boys. They threatened—” Her voice caught. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Get out of that window, or you’re going to join your sister down here pulling weeds,” Mr. Trepid threatened. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he also threatens her with death if she calls him for anything besides a death in the family.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mornings, I never knew if I would have to jump off the streetcar one step ahead of the warm sea of nausea that threatened to sweep me away. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He had even threatened to impose economic sanctions to pressure Pretoria to end apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The demons tried to bluster and threaten, but Uncle remained calm throughout it all. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z This sounds like an old argument that Kenn has never succeeded in winning, and it occurs to me that this probably isn’t the first time Hideo’s life has been threatened. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “That was before Zero threatened you and other players.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Some of the pictures are of my brother, making threatening gestures with snowballs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of other grave personal problems, Kepler rushed to Wurttemberg to find his seventy-four-year-old mother chained in a Protestant secular dungeon and threatened, like Galileo in a Catholic dungeon, with torture. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Regardless, sir,” began Lanning, with a threatening obstinacy, “of whether you consider this matter serious or not, it will require only the meal I mentioned to end it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The figure teetered wildly in the dim light, and then sprang forward to land in a horrible threatening crouch, right in the middle of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm certain the last thing Quang-ha wants is to be some kind of biologist, but it's good to see he's not getting sent to the office for threatening to burn people with lab equipment. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “So, back in the day, weird people threatened the strength of the tribe. If you weren’t good for making food, shelter, or babies, then you were tossed out on your own.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they act kind of erratic, which scares me a little, like the time they were convinced we should crash a party even though the host threatened to kill Juanga over his ex-boyfriend last year. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They didn’t call the police, didn’t threaten to sue. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Vervain in his time had encountered any number of prisoners who, before they died, had cursed or threatened him, not uncommonly with supernatural vengeance, much as Bigwig had cursed Woundwort in the storm. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be anywhere but here, but they were threatening Mo's and I wasn't going to let that happen, not now, not ever. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The giant did not seem immediately threatening, though. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Thor ended the conversation very simply: he threatened to use Mjollnir to shut Loki’s evil mouth for good and send him to Hel, all the way to the hall of the dead. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I would have wriggled just a bit, but each time I looked over at Momma, she seemed to threaten, “Move and I’ll tear you up,” so, obedient to the unvoiced command, I sat still. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tam Lin often threatened to suck him—and the mess he deposited—up the vacuum cleaner. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had already snowed on and off during the day, and it threatened to continue. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We who were already suffering were threatening our health, even courting death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will throw it away if you don’t eat it,” she’d threaten. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z An angry fistfight broke out in a classroom one afternoon, and it was only because the Dean threatened immediate expulsion to any future participants in such quarrels that more fistfights were avoided. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Cofield sued guards and state officials connected to the prisons he’d been in, and was accused of calling the governor of Alabama from jail and threatening to murder him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For more than an hour Porter held them at bay: cowering, screaming, threatening, urinating, and interspersing all of it with pleas for a woman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A new race to build nuclear weapons pushed America and the Soviet Union toward a standoff that threatened not just the two superpowers but the entire world. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time he is delirious, and often he is terrified, always of the same thing—he thinks Edward is here and is threatening him with something vague and dreadful. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A huge dark cloud rolls in, threatening to rain on our game. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They didn’t do anything to the bishop except threaten that if he failed to deliver their message they would come for him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Reed could feel it rumbling inside them, threatening to burst from their clenched fists and teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “OK, I tried to steal something, and he caught me, So I threatened him with my friends and he let me go on the condition that I took him to meet my gang.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Sumac was circling in a tight arc, as if he was guarding against any possible dangers that might threaten me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I can’t see her face, and I can’t focus on anything for more than a second before the truth serum threatens to pull me down again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The kindness from her old bosses, from Mr. Giancarlo’s daughter, from strangers—it brings a wave of shame that threatens to drown her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Four smiling, mocking, threatening men remained in the drawing room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The state was threatening to ban the organization, with cabinet ministers warning the ANC that it would soon be battered with “an ungloved fist.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had drunk the cup she offered him, Hermes said, he must threaten to run her through with his sword unless she freed his followers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Smells what so good, smells what?” the voice hissed again, but the tone wasn’t threatening. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a man who distilled his own wine three rooms down—he used mess hall rice and canned apricot juice—they heard him weeping late on their third night while his wife threatened him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The memories he’d kept hidden away in the back of his mind came like a flood, threatening to drown him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Some considered the federal amendment a challenge to states’ rights to make their own choices and laws, and others worried that expanding African American suffrage to include women could threaten white political control. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z One pack of jabbering mutts charged across a field, threatening first to deafen him, then to trample him to death, then to tear him slobberingly, teeth-clickingly from limb to limb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was black beyond the doors, a sullen stygian darkness that seemed alive and threatening, hungry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She doesn’t send me to my room or threaten to ground me until I go to college. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The water was cold and rough, threatening many times to tear the raft apart, but with teeth chattering and bodies shivering, they managed to stay afloat all night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had threatened to kill me, but he had killed my grandmother instead. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She would constantly yell at my coach and my coach would threaten to ban her from the games. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You didn’t try to stop us? But—” “Return my helm now, or I will stop death,” Hades threatened. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z While we were at Granny’s, Judy talked about Robert Laurence so much, David threatened to start charging her a nickel every time she said his name. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We booed the other team, we booed the other coach, we booed the other fans, the referees—whatever threatened our perfect season, we booed it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z "And if you or anyone else gets in the way of that, you will be repurposed," she threatens haughtily. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Spelling Bee buzzed dangerously in and out of range of the Humbug’s wildly swinging cane as they menaced and threatened each other, and the crowd stepped back out of danger. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The bag is bulging and softening, threatening to leak, and he hands it to a flight attendant. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Northern congressmen, led by Fisher Ames of Massachusetts, accused him of threatening the survival of the republic by blocking the centerpiece of Hamilton's fiscal program, without which, they believed, the union would dissolve. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And now it was a man named Yossarian who was threatening to make trouble over the sixty missions he had just ordered the men in his group to fly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Without the engine, houses to the west were threatened. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z His head was misshapen, one cheek grotesquely swollen, his neck so engorged with blood that it threatened to swallow his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Something bigger than him threatened to flatten Rishi, something bigger than all of them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But there are easily a couple hundred undead moving toward us, many newly turned and moving so quickly that for a moment a dark wave of fear threatens to drown me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Men with guns guarded the train whenever it stopped, the same men who had threatened to kill her. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z ‘He had rebelled against my commands, and threatened death to Gríma in my hall.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Let me get this straight. This kid that’s got you all worried—he’s in a class with you, and there’s something about his behavior that you find threatening.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Thorn and Seven ran through the night, the winter wind howling as it whipped their cloaks and threatened to send their witch’s hats into the Boggy Crone River. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “You threatened to shove me into a crypt five seconds after meeting me.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She waved her arm above her head and the threatening pose spoke louder than all her words. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But today, she threatened to throw me out of the League. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He reported that the strain of coping with the expedition’s aftereffects was threatening to wreck his marriage. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the Federalists whom Adams chose for his cabinet—he retained Washington’s advisers, his biggest blunder—had threatened to resign en masse if Adams tried to implement his bipartisan strategy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As Voldemort’s anger throbbed inside him, Harry’s scar threatened to burst with pain, and he wrenched his mind back to his own body, fighting to remain present as the prisoners were pushed over gravel. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Or in Russia, when Khrushchev was in power, he threatened to cancel the visas of black African students whose anti-discrimination demonstration said to the world, “Russia, too. . . .” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But I have a job to do, too—despite the fear rising from my gut and threatening to explode every cell in my body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z One sergeant ascertained that an inmate had threatened to punch Mendez in the face and demanded to know who it was. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If a kid cries or threatens to tell on him, he says he’s only joking and invites them to hang out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z We have heard them threaten to secede so often that I formed an enthusiastic organization— The American Friends for Texas Secession. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad says something and Mom replies, her voice lower and threatening. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Those words kept him moving forward, even as the crowd pressed in around him, constantly threatening the grip he had on Emma’s hand in front of him and Natalie’s hand behind him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “She’s threatening suicide unless I swear that my heart is hers alone.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fangs were bared, but for once she didn’t look threatening. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He started a few fistfights and threatened most of the boys at first, including George. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Hale said that Smith had threatened to beat his brains out and that White had told him, “We will have to put you in the hot chair.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She kept slapping me harder and harder, and threatened to use a belt if l couldn’t deliver the right color. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z John hasn’t made a statement yet and he’s threatened to fire anyone who makes one for him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For Durham’s black elite, pressing for desegregation was still too radical an idea—and one which, if implemented, would threaten their own economic well-being. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I had witnessed the sort of atrocities during the war that threaten to steal a man’s soul. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Two years later, he beat me for threatening my ninth-grade teacher. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And then, barely a week later, a single rogue agent pulled a thread that threatened to unravel Stalin's carefully woven net. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z My mum threatens us with weird punishments sometimes. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he was too caught up with being the enforcer for our side, with insulting the Whippoorwills’ defenders and threatening their lives. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Police harassed boycotters as they waited at pickup stations for their MIA cars, ordering them to move on, threatening to charge them with loitering or hitchhiking—both crimes. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z If you beat me I'll spit in your ale, I threaten silently. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His mouth threatened to smile, and then, didn’t. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Those terrible Germans have oppressed and threatened us for so long that the thought of friends and salvation means everything to us! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Because I trod the same ground over and over, repeating my lines until they threatened to choke me, each day seemed endless. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t threaten people here. We welcome them.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Quetzals are not endangered but they are threatened. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She seemed like a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to back you up with any shotgun,” Nancy threatened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the employees threatens to call the cops. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Men cannot be threatened into the kind of fight they will have to put up to win. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While the adults were threatening to hang one of us, some of the Central High students appeased themselves by hanging an effigy on the front lawn. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could tell she felt threatened with how close I was keeping the match. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Twice Rashid glanced over his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t going to run into something, but he didn’t reach for his phone or do anything else threatening. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So now he zoomed past Lake Merritt, thankful for the wide and smooth bike lanes, the wind threatening to tear his hat from his head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Miss Joe stands from her seat with difficulty, since the books are everywhere, teetering on the edge of her desk and their shelves and threatening to fall to the floor. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “President Snow personally threatened to have you killed,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes! All the time threaten to pour beer into stream.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the statues’ golden eyes on me again, but this time their gaze was more appraising than threatening. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I ask, figuring it will make Nathan even less threatening if he’s gay. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “It’s a lucky thing for you you’re too tough for stew,” I threatened that morning after she’d pulled her favorite trick once again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “You know, when the nurse threatened to call security, my first thought was ‘I’ll just call Mia’s parents to fix this.’ If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But for the Pythagoreans it came to mean something threatening, a hint that their world view might not make sense, which is today the other meaning of “irrational.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt my arms prickling with nervousness, sweat glands threatening to burst open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The ugly gray sky of the morning of March 4, 1865, threatened to spoil the great day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ferrets had cornered a band of shrews and were threatening to massacre them when a column of otters sprang to the rescue. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The masked demons you speak of in your dreams of the white kitchen threaten to undo all that we’ve worked for,” the captain says, “and our journey will be for naught.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "No man threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I also see Russ is wearing number 21—my number—and I can’t help but feel threatened. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd spent my life trying to avoid trouble, staying away from confrontation, but he was threatening my parents. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Within a very short time, however, she learned the truth, and she was ill-advised enough to threaten him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Sahil,” I said, wondering if he could hear the tears threatening, the pain and regret behind every syllable. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The singularity swirled inside me, a black hole threatening to pull me in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Jefferson had reliable evidence that Talleyrand had threatened to leak news of his previous peace initiative, thereby requiring Adams to reciprocate. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Basta swore and threatened, giving me a nasty cut on my upper arm, but then, suddenly, the front door was thrown open and they both disappeared into the night, still reeling like drunks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z One by one they flapped their wings and took flight, soaring above us, cursing our names and threatening to take their revenge. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z So many of his men had fallen that their dead horses threatened to dam the flow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The growl they use for purposes of threatening has yet another guttural quality. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his hand, threatening to strike her. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Our concerns are aligned in this: you want the safety of the child they call Redemption, and I want the monster who threatens that. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I cannot accept seeing my son’s life threatened every moment by the presence of Indians, more than that of any other member since his canoe goes at the head of the expedition.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z "A man chained hand and foot should keep a more courteous tongue in his mouth, ser. I did not come here to be threatened." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sensed in the spreading unrest something unprecedented, “more threatening and far-reaching than anything that had occurred before.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She did not seem to care about anything, not even when they threatened to throw her out the window. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “If you do, you are in danger of losing all the gains you have made,” Stewart threatened them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “That explains why you threatened him with your riding crop,” Wilem said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They bombed his house and threatened his life by mail and telephone. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z When you’re poor a threatening letter is a threatening letter no matter how it comes in the door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In my eyes then, it was a threatening openness, a no man’s land. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He has smooth dark skin and black curly hair and eyes that threaten me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Waves were quartering across the racecourse now, constantly threatening to throw the boats off keel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She plays with the dirt they’ve dug up from the yard and threatens to put the dollar bill into her mouth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She, threatening, cajoling, admonishing them: “Go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “We hear you’ve threatened to run us out of town,” White said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As Harvey settled into the house in Dahlem, the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union threatened to break into open hostility. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z People whose history and future were threatened each day by extinction considered that it was only by divine intervention that they were able to live at all. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thrusting a fist to the sky, she screamed that we would pay for threatening her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And a federal judge threatened to arrest anyone who spoke in support of the union, whether “in their homes or on the streets.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She had threatened, but her threats had been received with stony faces and deaf ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Everything around him paled in comparison to his shining robes, and his golden stare threatened to melt Anansi into a puddle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His tough and authoritarian leadership style was necessary in the wild where disease, Indian attacks, and the inhospitable environment relentlessly threatened everyone’s lives. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Hannah could feel the fear threatening to scream out of her, so she dropped the shoes and put both hands over her mouth, effectively gagging herself. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Giants they seemed to him, vast grey figures silent but threatening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Well, Mr. Detective," he said with a quiet, threatening voice, ''that will teach you to mess with the Thief Lord," Then he waved at the others, "Come on, put him in the men's bathroom." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z One night he decided to follow her all the way, to put an end to a situation that threatened to continue indefinitely. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Commonwealth said Sheriff Smith had lots of threatening letters and phone calls from people in Chicago and Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z They were still narrow and slippery, but no longer darkly threatening. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Just got my life threatened, while lying flat on the sidewalk. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dockworkers’ unions around the world threatened not to handle South African goods. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadrack stood at the foot of the hospital steps watching the heads of trees tossing ruefully but harmlessly, since their trunks were rooted too deeply in the earth to threaten him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You could offer to buy him off, or threaten to cut him up into little pieces and feed him to the loan sharks.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That Bentley was native born, from an old Massachusetts family, and educated at one of America's top colleges made her seem more threatening; anybody, it seemed, could succumb to the lure of the communist menace. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So much pain it wore a path in the streets and across everyone’s hearts, threatening to obliterate everything else. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Round and round the questions run; Marie-Laure’s mind threatens to boil over. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He fumed and threatened, but in the end he rounded up six men and sent them off grumbling to fetch the barrels down to the brewhouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t get it. Are you threatening us? If you’re going to narc on us, go ahead and tell the Director. It’s not like I can do anything to stop you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When he saw me he gave a loud, clear wailing wraaaah—a spine-chilling call that is used to threaten a dangerous animal. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Ehrlichman explained that Attorney General Mitchell kept calling, asking permission to tell the Times to immediately halt publication of the Pentagon Papers—and threaten prosecution if they refused. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For the first time in a long time, an old haze threatened his vision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Or at least I need to do something to stop the sea of tears that's threatening to rush down my cheeks. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Easy to speak of rescue. Harder to do. Let the slavers threaten.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What if they’re all messengers, like me, and they’re all threatened and desperate just to get through what they have to do to survive? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The wind threatened to tear off the roof. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Informed by Bradbury that his role would be limited to “coordinating” with Holloway, an infuriated Teller again threatened to resign. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Week after week my threatening letters grow sharper and sharper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They had decided to start a fire next to Capricorn's house, so that it would not spread to the hills so fast but would threaten the only thing Capricorn cared about: his treasure chambers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now the wreckage of the hull, which was resting against a big rock, was teetering and threatening to collapse on top of the tangled animal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And by catching and circumventing threatening behavior early, there was a good chance of diverting those students toward a more positive path. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sky scowled down upon us, threatening rain as we boated over to Southwark and joined the throng of bearbaiters and playgoers. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A nurse comes with a cart that threatens to have more food on it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He turned to face the tree he had threatened earlier. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The earth trembled, threatening to open its jaws and eat us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z This tide of hate threatened to roll right over Ida. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She wanted to see her parents, to not have to sit alone with the terrible numbness that threatened to swallow her up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She waited until Jim stalked off and then gave me a threatening look before turning back to Dad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A concerned waitress in Denver had seen the man threatening his abductees outside her diner, gotten a friend to take a photo, and notified the police. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “At your house, along with half the neighborhood, and your parents. Your mom is, like, threatening to call the police.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They flooded across Opium to the border of the United States until that government threatened to put El Patron out of business. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did he tell you anything about this enemy of his? Did he, for instance, say why his life was threatened?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He threatens to withdraw his patronage and force its doors to close. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was hardly likely that anyone would threaten him with the asylum. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was forever threatening to whip the bloody hide off this one or that one, but Arya never actually knew him to bit. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It sounded deep and rich, but also threatening—like a tremor before a major earthquake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But when a month passed and Kitty still hadn’t gone to class the school began to threaten her parents. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Why wasn’t he threatening Klaus in anger, or tearing his hair out in frustration, or running to pack his clothes and escape? The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The callers accused C.P. of taking payoffs to work for integration and routinely threatened to murder him and his family if he didn’t resign his position with the charrette. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I always said, I have already said all I know, and then they’d threaten me with things they would do to me, to Leandro, to my family. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The evergreen arch wouldn’t stay firm after she got it up, but wiggled and threatened to tumble down on her head when the hanging baskets were filled. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Much like Hamilton’s financial plan, any effective emancipation initiative conjured up fears of the much-dreaded “consolidation” that the Virginians, more than anyone else, found so threatening. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She had subdued her natural wish to change into something that could bite and threaten, and remained a robin. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And in the days and weeks that followed, hundreds of angry and threatening phone calls were made to the tribe. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On the few occasions he did go, he threatened to throw himself overboard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then suddenly I felt a huge pleasure—and something else, something more complicated that threatened to make me burst into tears. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Romans had already threatened Egyptian borders by seizing control of neighboring Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The guys, as other officers had noted, were just doing what we’d been taught to do inside prison when one of us was threatened: respond en masse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The chief danger that threatened them, he said, was that they might do some injury to the oxen of the Sun when they reached the island where they lived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So they threatened you with a gun to get you to to? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Grandma always was threatening to skin someone alive, or draw and quarter him, or scalp him like a red Indian, or spank him till his bottom blistered. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was up to me, I wouldn’t even be in school, but he threatened me, telling me that it was either Wilson or boot camp. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Do you know when M. Ratchett received the last threatening letter?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing Americans felt threatened, he’d been confident Congress would pass his bill. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He had been threatened with death and warned many times to leave, but he had wanted to hold on a while longer to amass more money. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He decided that if she felt threatened, she would come to him for protection. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With his eyes closed he seemed more threatening than with them open. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear and panic threaten to strangle me; I knot them up and shove them away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I will threaten to tell what I know, he resolved as he hurried between the darkening fields. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z How could a trial threaten her, when her weakling son was the lord judge? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After a few days’ travel down the coast, a dark and threatening mountain of clouds appeared over the ocean. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Observations on several flocks of sheep and a herd of beef cattle are indicative of the poisoning and death that threatened livestock as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When he found out that my father was dead and that my mom was having problems, he threatened to sue for custody. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “You could be sued for that—” Lloyd threatened as he pulled himself free from the pile. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one woman, practically threatened, dared take him to her room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Her presence was preceded by the smell of her perfume, something fruity and bubbly that threatened to choke Dimple with two hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Gray’s manner—confident but not threatening—calmed Pax. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Finally, Jordan would be in a place where he could no longer threaten them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We learned the ways of investigation, of interview, how to listen, how to persuade, how to threaten. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In spite of Miss Trotter’s fussing and threatening to get a hickory switch, JimmyTrotter hopped up and went to the cabinet where the photograph of his great-great-grandparents rested. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “We have your location. Officers are on the way. Are you hurt? Are you being threatened?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The girl's jeweled pinafore balloons around her small waist, and the little hat on her head threatens to fall off. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They left the table one at a time, Mami taking threatening steps toward them each time they stopped to look back with mischievous expressions and a mouthed “Negi has a boyfriend.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Before them, darkling against a pallid sky, the great mountains reared their threatening heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Men muttered in small cabals or threatened one another by the fireside, cutting each other with their eyes and hissing, vaunting superiority in their familiarity with the Unseen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Clyde stuck the fork in Vendor Reilly’s muffler and ordered him out of the garage, threatening him with dismissal if he didn’t show up early to begin working the French Quarter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained that we all owed Walter something because he had been threatened and terrorized, wrongly accused and wrongly condemned, but he never gave up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The water by this time was a chaos of whitecaps that threatened to swamp and capsize his tiny craft. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have the nerve to threaten me . . . in my own office?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time he reappeared, he moved closer to the fire as if threatening to attack Edwin and Garvey. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Patriots had somehow managed to intercept the real letter, in which Wright had warned that the rebels were threatening British rule. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Each candle changed subtly as it was put in place; its flame rose thinner and higher, taking on a golden- white tinge instead of the cold, threatening blue. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He squatted down and began to pull the first of a thousand noxious shoots that threatened the cucumber plants so precious to Min’s wife. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The adder’s voice was a cold, dark, green velvet fog that threatened to envelop him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A lump rose in her throat, and she felt the ache of tears threatening. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You are a marsupial, and are nocturnal, and are known for mimicking the appearance and smell of dead animals when threatened.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His thinking was limited to devising a way to kill a monster which was threatening to kill him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Had Zero threatened him in some way, too? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had to talk mean and threaten him with a club before we could get him close enough for Mama to hook the singletree over the loop of rope I’d tied around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Man stayed close beside him, threatening the females every time they tried to attack again. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z If battle threatened, he couldn’t let others make the decisions. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This one battle to patent radioactive salt threatened to extinguish all this goodwill, slowing down the propagation of the cyclotron if not halting it altogether. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He said this coldly, without emotion, neither threatening nor sympathetic, exactly the way one would say: “The weatherman’s promising rain for tomorrow.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t think it’s safe for you to be in this part of town. She threatened to fire me for even bringing you here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Lefty kept hold of Dr. Philobosian, who was still threatening to drown himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The infinite threatened to make all motion impossible, while the void threatened to smash the nutshell universe into a thousand flinders. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The feelings pile up, threatening to crack my chest wide-open. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Darn me if I couldn’t eat ’em,” said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, “and if I han’t half a mind to’t!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The strain threatened to pop her elbows from their sockets. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z My arms suddenly felt apishly long, knuckles threatening to scrape the pavement. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He was a slave, and he had been threatened with a beating for doing something wrong. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes, I hear these naughty ones go to vex you, Mees Marsch. If so again, call at me and I come,” he said, with a threatening frown that delighted the little wretches. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The other bandits curse the men on the ground, then curse their mothers and threaten to castrate them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But about three years before, Onofre Martinez, with some help from Charley Bloom, had put a stop to this by threatening to take Nick, not only into court, but also to the cleaners. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees were huge and dark, somehow threatening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not being threatened by Uncle C in a nightmare. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My sisters and I threatened to run away from Du Barry once. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Papi would never have threatened to starve a child, no matter how dirty his shirts might be. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a musical message to deliver to ’Arry Potter in person,” he said, twanging his harp in a threatening sort of way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She put three spoons of sugar in her coffee and, holding the spoon in the cup with her thumb so that the handle threatened to puncture her eyeball, she slurped a bit more. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not wondering what I breathe in, but who, that threatens to choke me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then he swings back into life again, all the way back to an hour after his life was threatened by Lazzaro—in 1945. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mommy ignored them all, unless the insults threatened her children, at which time she would turn and fight back like an alley cat, hissing, angry, and fearless. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His veil kept tilting on his head, threatening to come off. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Okay, so maybe my white teammates had problems, serious problems, but none of their problems was life threatening. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It is changing the physical surroundings, now threatening to swallow the auditorium. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In barely a decade membership grew to four hundred–still all gentlemen, of course–and the Geological was threatening to eclipse the Royal as the premier scientific society in the country. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He never reacts under great suffering, never gets angry, is never threatening. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Day or night, my father s courage never seemed to waver, despite receiving threatening letters as well as warnings from concerned friends. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My own—and only—explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Vaguely, too, I remembered a horror story about a mother cat being vicious and scratching out the eyes of someone who had threatened her babies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I stepped back from the sadness in his face; it filled the room and threatened to pull me in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell myself this is a good thing and bite the inside of my cheek hard because my breakfast is threatening to make a reappearance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The disk thus constitutes a threatening challenge to historians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z While I didn’t doubt he could have done the ghastly acts he threatened, it was but a rough kindness. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Clothes remained a subject of considerable friction, but the matter that threatened to affect Dad’s stability was jazz. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He would threaten chimps older and stronger than he was, because he knew that if they dared to retaliate, his mother, his sister, or one of his brothers would rush to help him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The skies were threatening, but the thunderstorm he’d been expecting since last night had yet to arrive. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z These threatening harangues managed to delay matters, but the Deep South lacked the votes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He verified that Haitian army soldiers were shooting armed demonstrators, entering urban hospitals and threatening staff, sometimes executing patients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He tells the officers that a dealer wanting money had threatened to kill Tania. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He’d just sit in there grunting and threatening to kill us if we uttered another peep of complaint. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stopped a man wearing a beret and asked for a cigarette, but the man had threatened to have him arrested. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The bear made no move to hurt you, to threaten you. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark ignored him, went up another step.This time people on either side of him put their hands on his arm—not in a threatening way, just a touch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But I always hear myself displacing the two languages, conflating them—maybe conflagrating them—for there’s so much rubbing and friction, a fire always threatens to blow up between the tongues. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She could feel the tears threatening as she reached under the bed for the guitar case, which she opened with trembling fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Now the old fears returned and threatened to strangle me, to sink me back in that horrible pit of depression I’d spent years struggling to climb out of. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As she and David passed through the dark streets, the ghosts of the Rusties no longer seemed to threaten from the windows. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It whirled around my head, threatening to suck the very life out of my lungs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Now Hazel could feel pieces of her threatening to break off, and she was no longer sure her feet would stay attached to the ground. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It makes him look less threatening, more like the person I’ve come to know in private. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z White parents are outraged, threatening to remove their children from public schools and place them in private education. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Dad said it’d be okay, but he sounded like my mother had threatened him, and if he’d been here and not somewhere in Africa he would’ve told me what he really thought. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z With their wiry builds, the boys didn’t look threatening. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Hundreds of prisoners in threadbare clothing hurried from one work detail to another, threatened by gun-wielding German and Ukrainian guards. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The grumbling yak drivers thrashed their animals to force them onward and threatened to turn around. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The bees threatened to overtake my mind again, their wings beating quickly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Other species are slower, less nervous, seek protection in herds, stand their ground when threatened, and don’t run until necessary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Or would she do what she always did back in Houston—take my temperature and threaten to call the doctor? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He would kill me and throw me to the crocodiles, or sell me for a slave as he is always threatening, or... The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Tirza’s mother had threatened several times to make stew of the hardheaded animal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She bolted right up again in a threatening rage. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And it is a history of the paradoxes posed by an innocent-looking number, rattling even this century’s brightest minds and threatening to unravel the whole framework of scientific thought. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The wind veered sharply and threatened to drive them ashore. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A glare would have been less threatening than the look he gives me—a look of pure hatred. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The chupacabras let out a deep threatening growl before he bit down into Pita’s leg again with his razor-sharp fangs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z All of the train’s braking and acceleration came in jerks and shuddering decelerations that threatened to throw them off their perches. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Smith threatened to harm Powhatan communities, including women and children, if the Powhatans did not provide the colony with food. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But some women continued to oppose their own suffrage, arguing that having the vote would threaten women’s role in society and in the home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Tears threatened to erase the aloofness of their authority. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He hates it when people threaten Annabeth, but I couldn’t believe he was being so brave, especially since he’d had such a bad experience with a Sphinx before. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z That girl’s threatening to be a regular feature. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surveillance missions, mostly. We like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the fringe, in case it threatens what’s happening in here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The cabbies are threatening a one-day strike of all New York. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Wagner regarded all foreign influences as potentially threatening to German purity, he singled out the Jews for particular venom. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Everything is slow and thick and threatens to suffocate us. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And his heart told him something else that the boy had never noticed: it told the boy of dangers that had threatened him, but that he had never perceived. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer called him a liar, and threatened to arrest him for obstruction of justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a vile email, he’d threatened to kill me and my family, and threatened USA Fencing for having me on the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He was lying, and Tad was going to prove that he wasn’t wrong for feeling threatened. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The latter would simply smile, quietly pick up the phone and threaten to call the police, and we would leave. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She had taken a job as a secretary and was living at home because her father had threatened to disown her if she moved out on her own. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z About the Ordner who threatened to throw a grenade into Max’s hiding place and gave them away. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We’re walking back through Ballinacurra.There’s rain and lightning and we run but it’s hard for me with the sole of my shoe flapping and threatening to trip me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I stopped, alarmed, confused...I had made no threatening move. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I have cried till I threatened to ruin my own complexion, let me tell you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The She Elephant swore and threatened, but the animal ordered his owner to put Tendai down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As stains and stench accumulated, the restaurant’s manager built a chute on the roof and threatened to jettison the garbage directly onto Olmsted’s precious lawns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She had been bom on Dragonstone nine moons after their flight, while a raging summer storm threatened to rip the island fastness apart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yet dividing by zero destroys the fabric of mathematics and the framework of logic—and threatens to undermine the very basis of science. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His hatred of her slimed in his stomach and threatened to become vomit. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “What has he done? Has he openly threatened you?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z An echoing hollowness pressed against my ribs and threatened to escape like air from a balloon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I call on people to have their say—and it isn’t just Dana and Michael and Andrew, and the other minority students who have the most reason to feel threatened. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z If they made a move toward the fence, the guards would yell obscenities and threaten retribution. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t threaten her. Please, little girl. Your king is asking you to share your gift with him.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The two started arguing, and when Ivy threatened to punch June in the face, Joe jumped between them, calmly telling Ivy he would do no such thing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Bursts of rain and thunder crash into the ocean and create large waves that threaten to swallow our boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The thunder kept threatening like a big old empty cloud clearing its throat. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He recognized that Pitezel’s drinking impaired his usefulness and threatened to disrupt schemes already in play. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But I didn’t want to hear any of it, and the wind, allying itself with me, threatened the chinaberry tree outside the back door. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The young citrus industry was threatened with destruction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Mr. Griswald, you’ve admitted this was all your idea and that you threatened your friend, Mr. Tyler, compelling him into committing the act with you.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Moore’s actions, however, threatened to upset this delicate balance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They were emotionless, two black pits that threatened to swallow him whole. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “You offer me safety! You threaten me! With what?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Was there something faintly threatening in the man’s voice? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Why was the passage of assumption so threatening? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There had been the rich man who was threatened with the needle's eye, and there had been the money changers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Shanti felt that snake of truth coil around her legs, threatening to squeeze. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I asked Aunt Maggie why he kept the gun so close to him and she told me that men had threatened to kill him, white men . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did Mrs. Moss threaten to burn your Christmas gifts?” she asked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But his leaders were serious, and they threatened him with punishment if he disobeyed. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He can’t do anything about that, but at least with the fires threatening the road to Arrowhead, he can make a difference. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “He gambles more than he can pay back and then threatens me? Why should I have been the one to let it go? What is our reputation worth if we take disrespect like that?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Brown threatened not only to abolish segregation in public schools, but also, by implication, the entire system of legalized discrimination in the South. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Cherokee confederacy was thus formed not by conquest but by the amalgamation of previously jealous smaller entities, which merged only when threatened with destruction by powerful external forces. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the least provocation, she would burst out crying, lose her temper, or threaten to end up in Bellevue, the place, she had learned, where crazy people were sent in this country. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Hey, don’t put this on me. It’s not my fault your pals are threatened by my game.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z They were exchanging inanities about the size and terrors of New York, but my body knew that the conversation was about something far more threatening. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My trips up and down the stairs continued until my knees threatened to fold up and quit, bringing dishes down, carrying more delicacies and hot drinks up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her friend Herminia burned votive candles in the nursery until the doctor threatened to throw them both out of the hospital. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel threatened by the angry, unpredictable weather. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “But they seem more like threatening calls than just prankster calls. The callers say they are going to bomb the church.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sudden tears threaten, and I blink hard to force them away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The female mathematicians’ job security wasn’t immediately threatened by the machines, but Dorothy Vaughan perceived that mastering the machine would be the key to long-term career stability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Rain lashes against me, threatening to hurl me into the water. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes the pain of our grief would break through the surface and threaten the fragile friendships we were nurturing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Only when threatened with death could that happen; only in fear and shame, with their backs against a wall, could that happen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sissy threatened the girl’s mother with arrest if she didn’t treat the girl better. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m glad for the heat; maybe it can cover some of my blush, which is already threatening to burn up my face as I study his damp hair and bared muscles. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Booth then threatened Atzerodt, implying that he might as well kill Johnson, because if he didn’t, Booth would accuse him anyway and get him hanged. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She attempted to paddle in the afternoon, but the oar threatened to slip out of her fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of her customers fall behind in their payments and they need threatening letters. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mo put a protective arm around her shoulders, as if Basta had threatened her rather than him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If he found her missing, he would shout and threaten to whip the bloody hide off her, but she was not afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction—indeed, in some sense was the destruction—of a hierarchical society. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My embroidery hoops and a pair of pinking shears in an oilcloth sheath hung around my neck, threatening myself and others in the push and shove. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Other pateros were threatened with death when they tried to cross clients in the area. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The path is paved with cement, and there are wild roses on either side, so long that the thorns threaten to scratch my arms. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The witches kept out of the way, though both children knew they’d be there in a second if any danger threatened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She told us about how she tried to bribe the officers into letting her friends go, but they threatened to kill her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Harry thought fast, his scar still prickling, his head threatening to split again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The heat in my cheeks threatens to melt my makeup. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Why, Mrs. Bessermann, instead of asking me to help you, did you decide to threaten my life, the lives of five other people, and my seven-year-old sister?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And yet most of those in the march seemed relieved that they would not find themselves threatened—some for a second time—by the whips and clubs of “Alabama’s storm troopers.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He has not been beyond dispensing or at least threatening a little street justice in the school corridors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Which is why he did what he did when Bryce pushed things too far with Drake and seemed to be threatening her. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I stamped out the few that were still edged in red and threatening to flame up again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Often I have to write threatening letters to neighbors and friends of my mother and I worry they might discover me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Moving, under what appeared to be government protection, to an area less directly threatened by the war seemed not such a bad idea at all. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Shame and embarrassment ripple through my core, and my stomach threatens to empty. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “No. I’ve never been threatened before. And I was so scared for you. Why didn’t you just stay quiet?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Dr. Xuma felt threatened by our delegation and strongly objected to a Youth League constitution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What if they bring her, threaten something to her, in front of me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re supposed to be like Our Lord, not walking the world threatening people’s hands. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Despite the fear spawned by a Cold War that threatened to turn hot, there was encouraging news as well. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Since the day she’d gone to get her operation, she’d felt the massive weight of the city looming over her, and had learned firsthand how much places like the Smoke threatened people like Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I threaten guys who don’t want to pay, but just so they’ll pay. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had already found the way to control me—by threatening others. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Anya’s stomach threatened to empty itself, and she was afraid to open her mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Then you’ll spend the night in jail for vagrancy and threatening behavior. We’ll let you on your way in the morning if you’ve learned to keep a civil tongue in your head.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sahil made a motion for his wallet, but I threatened him with bodily harm and he laughed and surrendered. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Despite cold and threatening weather, the crowd began to assemble long before the concert was to begin. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Stop that, or I’ll open the door and make you!” called out the young gentleman in a threatening tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I fight with my lips, trying to press them into a serious and professional frown rather than the grin that threatens to overtake them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When threatened, the Lobalug contracts its venom sac, blasting the attacker with poison. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I assume you know about the threatening letters your parents received at their work assignments.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Strict separation of the races would have threatened slaveholders’ immediate interests and was, in any event, wholly unnecessary as a means of creating social distance or establishing the inferior status of slaves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The moonlight was bright and everything around me that had seemed strange and threatening was now beautiful. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But as it happened, a central tenet of life in the Klan—and of terrorism in general—is that most of the threatened violence never goes beyond the threat stage. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We would ride down villains who robbed stagecoaches or in other ways threatened damsels in distress, whom we could save and, of course, never kiss, but ride off at the end of our imagination. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You must prune yours, must you not, to keep it healthy? Cut away those parts that threaten the health of the rest.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One story might serve as the tragic symbol of the fate of the birds — a fate that has already overtaken some species, and that threatens all. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The giant would lash out violently when threatened, and those huge hands were strong enough to rip a man apart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For that city, and the name it was destined to carry, symbolized the conspiracy that threatened, so Jefferson and his followers thought, all that Virginia stood for. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I think of pressing a gun to his head and threatening his life, and swallow hard. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “He made a threatening movement, but I was able to quickly gain control of the situation.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes your “or else” is all the power you have and you can’t be afraid to do what you threaten to do. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He stomped away, threatening to go home and pull them out himself. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then their twelve-year-old, Dewey’s namesake, had gone into the yard to burn rubbish and started a blaze that had threatened the neighborhood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z One day she scored 35 goals before my team threatened to walk off the field. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Taking our cue from the courageous civil rights advocates who brazenly refused to defend themselves, marching unarmed past white mobs that threatened to kill them, we, too, must be the change we hope to create. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At first I feel threatened, because she attacked me in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The coldness threatened to spread up from his stomach. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “No — no — not again, please —” It sounded as though someone was threatening him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You”—Barbarossa spun around—“you dare to threaten me, you little—?” “I am the Conte, Barbarossa!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was, he realized, simply that black women were not threatening to her, were not equal rivals. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A bubble of hysterical laughter threatens to well up, and I have to swallow it back down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Company guards threatened, thrashed, and sometimes shot striking miners. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The threatening voice went on and on, daring him, ordering him, provoking him, rousing him for battle—but always keeping him off, prodding him back. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He was rattling the tray so hard that the milk glass was threatening to jump the edge. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She had responded by showing up with her dresses hemmed from the bottom and scalloped from the top, threatening, as Mr. Turner lectured her, “to meet somewhere in the middle.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Tears threaten to spill down my cheeks, but I fight them back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Senate, Henry Cabot Lodge thumped a copy of On the Origin of Species, warning that the influx of inferior peoples from southern and eastern Europe threatened “the very fabric of our race.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hot tears threatened, but my grumbling stomach was more painful. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say it did, but it could explain Brian’s decision if he felt threatened.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But I can’t look at her, I just feel my heart threatening to break my rib cage, and wish that I hadn’t said anything, wish that we’d never come here. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes she thought she had become nothing but a voice speaking in the darkness, cajoling, urging, threatening. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Slogging up and down the riverbank in trousers wet to the knees, his Bible in one hand and another stickful of fire-blackened fish in the other, he waved his bounty in a threatening manner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pushing through a world of invisible pine sap that threatened to smother him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, there was only one event Brangwain Spurge seemed to enjoy—and it involved his life being threatened. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Unsanitary conditions would threaten the health of anyone still in the area. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Before they made it off the dance floor, the room filled with a thundering beat that threatened to blow the rickety old sound system to pieces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z As Germany grew more desperate for soldiers, some boys who refused to join were threatened with accusations of treason or even execution. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The first rule of the street: “Not everything that snaps at you is trying to threaten your manhood.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “And the simulation made her incapable of reasoning with him, so when he threatened her life, she reacted as she had been trained by the Dauntless to react: Shoot to kill.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “One more wisecrack about my sumo stomach and I’ll sit on you,” she threatened. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “What if they did threaten it? Gunboats couldn’t lick that long line of Rebs stretchin’ across the map, could they?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They even threatened to stop talking to me if I got plastic surgery. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was the last wall of the tenement—one of the buildings he had worked in— and at any moment the wall threatened to collapse. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t just interfering with health care and speaking out against girls’ schools—he was also threatening barbers who offered so-called Western haircuts and destroying music stores. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The warden threatened that if Alice Paul did not end her hunger strike she would be transferred to Saint Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Dad threatened me with taking over the family farm, so I decided I’d try some of that college stuff,” explains Baird. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The back of the sea curled up and fanned out, blocking the sky, threatening to bear down on the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “You’ve got no reason to trust me after our prior dealings, I understand, but Joey, well, he’s a good person and these are guys I used to know and it’s your grandmother they threatened.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Byrd painted the epithet “Communist” on everyone and everything that threatened to upend his view of “traditional” American customs and values, which included white supremacy. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Stevens used to call out for her, used to stutter-step toward the door, used to threaten to write her up. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The first is with an officer who fired on a man who was threatening to kill his partner, Dan: Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Cursing like a madman, he threatened them with such punishment and vengeance that they could only respond with laughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two other teachers standing nearby, so although he growled at me, threatening that he would get me before the day was over, he kept walking. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In time I began to be more amused than revolted by what they threatened. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I raised the amount of the reward and threatened to have the guardsmen dismissed for incompetence, but all to no avail. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Reining Belle up short, I yelled, “Don’t threaten me, Worth. I’ll run you down like a rabbit.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t a threatening or intimidating “messing with”—it was always meant to show that we could take a joke, and joke back, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything; he watched my face warily as the pain that had nothing to do with broken bones, pain that was infinitely worse, threatened to crush me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In the end, Helmholtz threatened to kick him out of the room if he dared to interrupt again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Although there are many doubters and naysayers, today there is widespread agreement among scientists that the environmental crises threatening the planet are climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and degraded water quality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I smile, threatened by an animal already dead, still climbing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They would even threaten us, and the adults in my life would only reply, Yes, sir, or Yes, ma’am. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Why did these listeners think that New Jersey had been invaded and their own lives threatened? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I only came out because Mary told me you were threatening to sleep here.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Bebe had tried to tell them she only wanted to see her baby, but wasn’t sure now what she had said, if she had argued or threatened or raged or begged. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The whole system’s gone to pot. Masks everywhere, grown men threatening children—” “I’m only doing my job,” said the conductor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Milo was by nature opposed to any innovation that threatened to disrupt the normal course of affairs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He maintained a serene comportment at all times but generated a threatening atmosphere, like a thunderhead that seems far away but then is suddenly overhead with loud violence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “If you don’t tell me, I’ll just assume it’s something much worse than it is,” he threatened darkly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The experience of possessing them lasted for less than a day and it threatened him with speedy death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It usually meant a lecture from my dad about me not appreciating my opportunities, and sometimes my mom would threaten to pull me out of gymnastics altogether. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A few of the houseguests close enough to see inside rushed away, hands held over their mouths as their dinner threatened to make a reappearance. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The rising volume of noise threatened to push his panic over the edge, but he knew he was treading on fragile ground with Trina. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Handed down from her own mother, Conor’s grandma had threatened for years to take it on Antiques Roadshow to get it valued. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z My legs made me work for each step, and my stomach threatened to throw up the little breakfast I’d had. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The light is bad today, the weather’s turned, the sky leaden, threatening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He was often chased by people he had robbed, and at least two people threatened to shoot him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Refusing, he railed at the top of his voice, threatening to inflict upon me every kind of grisly torture if I didn’t try. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z My stomach knots again, threatening to empty anything that didn't already escape. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The black-market came to an end at the very moment when the Presidential Palace was bombed, because speculators were threatened with martial law and execution by firing squad. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows the dealer who threatened him has spent time in jail and owns a .57-caliber gun. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They did not look threatening, but you never knew. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Had he come here to leave this calling card—more to threaten than to harm—after setting fire to Karl’s barn? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The riptide was roaring after them, threatening to engulf the three puny boats with a deluge of ice and slush. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He looks angry, as if I've threatened him instead of the other way around. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was a thick cloud cover, heavy and threatening above us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the darkness, Booth threatened to kill Lincoln: “Now, by God, I’ll put him through.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He missed two days of school until finally Lillian ordered him to school and threatened to spank him if he did not comply with her order. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That same year the Nazis threatened to close his factory if he didn't switch from producing enamelware to making armaments. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Sudden tears threatened—what was wrong with him lately?—and he knuckled his eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Again the sewage threatened the city’s water supply. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As a result, the full prisons were threatening to overwhelm the guards, and there were also whispers of revolt. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Between Westerly and Mystic, the tracks are at an angle, embedded into the sloping land, so that the whole train threatens, ever so slightly, to topple over. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel like there is a bubble in my chest that expands more by the second, threatening to break me apart from the inside. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At first he wouldn’t tell anyone what had happened—not even when Danny threatened to give him a matching set of black, green, and purple eyes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “My life has been threatened, Mr. Poirot. Now, I’m a man who can take pretty good care of himself.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “You broke his arm, his nose, and I’ll bet his teeth are never going to look that pretty again. His parents are threatening to sue the school and file charges against you.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I feel Marcus’s eyes on me like an oppressive weight threatening to crush me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She realized now that her father wouldn’t really stand behind her and hold her eyes open, as he had threatened. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When our well-being is threatened, when our illusions about ourselves are challenged, we tend—some of us at least—to fly into murderous rages. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans, for their part, can address the rock, to mollify or threaten it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His face wore raw red marks, and a shiner threatened his right eye. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Third, they managed to take the most threatening and divisive issue off the political agenda. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “But what for? You never carried a gun in the car . . .” “Well, you never can tell,” her husband said in that special threatening tone of voice he used to indicate a discussion was over. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But also like she might threaten to announce it to the world if I do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When Honeyman’s Patriot neighbors in Griggstown, New Jersey, heard about his escape, they rushed to his home and threatened to burn it down. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point, Steve, who was older than the rest of us, put down his shovel and was immediately threatened by Kleynhans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a flash flood, it came rushing back, threatening to overwhelm me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More than anything else, Stalin vowed that no invader would ever threaten the motherland again. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No little lady who threatened destruction to a man the night before. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Taran’s throat was parched, waves of dizziness threatened to drown him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Apart from this, there were no indications that our childhood was threatened, much less that we would be robbed of it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z That they are now seriously threatened by the chemicals entering our waters can no longer be doubted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, there is the Hamiltonian confidence that the concentration of political and economic power was a dynamic force; it was not a threatening cluster of invasive corruption, but a synergistic fusion of developmental energies. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But even this was forgotten when the other enemies threatened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Bush pigs can be dangerous too, but only if you threaten them or their young. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the morning after their encounter with Sciron the bandit, and Jason was on duty, fighting some wild venti who were threatening the ship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Every light in the hall was ablaze, every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was also the political problem with the deepest social and economic roots in the new nation, so that removing it threatened to disrupt the fragile union just as it was congealing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The trees edged in and threatened to claim the very road. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Right as the rain threatening to fall tomorrow.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z That was safer than threatening me directly, and it worked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It was one thing for a gentleman to threaten another with arrest. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment I broke the awkward silence by telling him my mother had begun to threaten me with military school if I didn’t get my grades and discipline together. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Another voice, more threatening, said, “Shut up. I’m trying to sleep.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z An abyss yawned in his chest, threatening to swallow his heart.“That’s why I’m here. I just need you to walk, okay? Walk and stay close to me.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I reach to squeeze her hand, but she moves it to fuss with a flower that's threatening to drop from her bun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z This is the thing to remember when fear threatens to swallow me up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The arm filled in, threatening to tear the new seam, but stayed in one piece. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His sabotage cases typically involved disgruntled employees threatening to sabotage their employers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When Owen suggested that Deysel had been reduced to “serving as a token black woman to give the team a spurious South Africanism,” Woodall threatened to kill both Owen and his wife. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z How was it that his voice was so cool when the hand holding the chalk was so tense, the veins sticking out, as if threatening to burst through the flesh? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Anger bubbles up inside me, threatening to boil over. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One of the deputies accused of shooting Fannie had been heard earlier threatening “to get her.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z It is not possible to add pesticides to water anywhere without threatening the purity of water everywhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then she packs her grandson’s clothing and threatens to take him to Santa Teresa del Mar. Felicia remains quiet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The pastry man threatened to break down the door. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Sigurd shoved Kin’s chest, said one more thing in a threatening hiss, and then stormed out the front of the smithy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Gruffly she snuffled deep in her throat, blinking off a threatening teardrop. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Indicting Darnell was a worrisome signal that they were willing to threaten and intimidate people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We would have to cover up any signs of Daddy, so the bad guys wouldn’t threaten us because we’re his family.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And if the Nhambiquara ever felt threatened or betrayed, they settled the matter by killing the person. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z We’d get into this big charade, with him threatening to rip the thing up and me convincing him not to. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They draw back like I just threatened to spit poison at them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z After the starting whistle, it was the Fugees who threatened first. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He was tired of being threatened in the same way, over and over. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes he threatened to record me, he told me he’d play it back for me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to be, for if Flo thought any other chimps were too rough, she would charge over and threaten or even attack them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z That other time the air had seemed to vibrate with heat; but now it threatened. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “They threatened me many times. You have taken my bullet. It should have been me.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then a stranger threatened to damage Wilson’s car in a confrontation over a free spot, so Wilson switched to the subway. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The grackles seemed to study what they had done and decided there was another ingredient, or perhaps a further dynamic that threatened to upset the order. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Storm clouds rose up behind her, dark and threatening, but a powerful sun peeked through, sending coppery rays through the whole drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Just as we get out the door, one man raises a baseball bat, threatening to swing at Alyssa. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Did they threaten you? Can you tell us anything?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He began to walk away as the trembling blackness threatened to crush Annabeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z For the second time on the very same day, tears threatened. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “He threatened to sue your father for slander,” Miles Umlatt said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His one lingering concern may have been a recent United States Supreme Court case that threatened a longstanding feature of high-profile criminal trials in the South: the all-white jury. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His hand was trembling, he had never enjoyed threatening anyone with a knife, but the old man let go. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Possibly you were responding to unconscious stereotypes of black men as large, threatening, dangerous?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He threatened the Manufactures contractor with the same fate if he did not increase the pace of his work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her mother had once threatened her with being sent to the orphanage when she was naughty. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Now, parents who prevented their children from joining the Hitler Youth were threatened with heavy prison sentences. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Dangerous as they could be to me, somehow, they did not seem as threatening as the dark shadowy woods with its strange sounds, its unknowns. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve known him for five years and he’s hardly looked at you. He threatened to shave your eyebrows off! He’s an obstacle, Celia! One you need to remove.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I don’t want to adjust to the constant surveillance and the threatening gaze of white guards with weapons, and the permanent smile of death from the Director’s purple lips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z One white union man accused a black laborer of threatening to split him open with a meat cleaver. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The half-men watched the people and Nailer watched them, putting his hands up against the boards as more waves threatened to shove him into the wood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He needed to get control of Cleopatra’s wealth to pay his troops in Rome, who were threatening to revolt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But they were already tearing the chaplain from my grip and the guards were threatening me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z They threatened that they would pile Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa and scale the heights of heaven, as the Giants of old had piled Ossa on Pelion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved his son no matter how he behaved toward him, and he knew I could do as I threatened. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It stirred up the old anxiety and self-doubt that always threatened to bubble to the surface. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I don't stop until my lungs threaten to give out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Gupta paid his workers stacks of rupees to threaten tenants who fell behind on their rent. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z My dad threatened to kill the father—he was so much older than I was. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Usually he walked around threatening the men with a strait jacket which he always carried over his arm, and usually they were quiet and submissive in his presence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We had just started to clean them up when T. Ray burst in, threatening to boil the chick for dinner and fire Rosaleen for being an imbecile. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We stare at each other and I smile, even while my stomach threatens to toss my one bite of Januka’s sandwich onto the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A rogue dictator was threatening the stability of the region. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Every so often, her stomach twisted, threatening revolt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Irrationality was dangerous to Pythagoras, as it threatened the basis of his ratio-universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "Don't threaten me, little man. Do you think Father's letter keeps you safe? A piece of paper. Eddard Stark had a piece of paper too, for all the good it did him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Well, I’m sure you’d run too if you were always threatened or beat up because you were different. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “And if it wasn’t for my rheumatism, I’d take down your pants and tan your backside good and proper. The very idea of a litde snot like you threatening somebody with a knife!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is usually dangerous only when what it is guarding is threatened. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s from my swollen face or because feelings inside me threaten to leak out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She laughs about it and threatens to get them later. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said Iron Emmett, “he threatened your life, we all heard. He said that if he had a dagger—” “He does have a dagger. Right there on his belt.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She had no enemy, no one who had ever threatened her, no one she was afraid of?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The two men began to receive threatening phone calls; one of them told friends he was afraid he would be killed by the yakuza. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Harry was hanging from the ground, with his hair on end, his glasses dangling ofF his nose, threatening to fall into the bottomless sky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I rush back into the house because the cold threatens to swallow me whole. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Michael is only six and he has to wait for anything left over unless Mam threatens us from the bed that we’re to help our small brother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “No, I mean he was threatening to redlight Walter and Camel.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Angelos, a twenty-four-year-old record producer, possessed a weapon—which he did not use or threaten to use—at the time of the sales. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He looked at Ralph, his thin body tensed, his spear held as if he threatened him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A barking dog chased beside him until he stopped long enough to threaten it with a rock. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Defying the storm that threatened, the clouds that curtained the sun now pass, and we three survivors of a long-ago tragedy stand together in silence, beholding one another in the sun’s light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When a strong enemy threatened an agricultural village, retreat meant giving up fields, houses and granaries. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the same time I got threatening calls at home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had reached that point in existence where he wasn’t afraid to hurt anyone who threatened his only source of meaning, his love for himself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But no matter how stringent the effort, the thicknesses of middle age were encircling him and threatening to overwhelm the athlete’s body, the Marine’s body of which he was so proud. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And when he reflected further, he found that he was not troubled about his son, that inwardly he knew he had neither come to any harm nor was threatened with danger in the forest. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm going to feed your body to die goats," Tyrion threatened as the first load of Stone Crows pushed off from die quay. Shagga laughed. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Burr’s intention was to threaten him with the possibility of a duel, Hamilton was not disposed to submit passively to such threats. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He stares at the commuters who cling precariously to trams and buses, threatening at any moment to spill onto the street, and at the families who boil rice and shampoo their hair on the sidewalk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Great shadows fell across them; trunks and branches of trees hung dark and threatening over the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “If only you could see how ridiculous you look when you threaten people. Like a little girl telling me she’s going to strangle me with her jump rope.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I had the judgment to speak calmly to the officer when he threatened to shoot me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The water tugged at her overnight case, bending the tree dangerously close to the raging waters and threatening to bring them all down. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Apparently, Lynds had heard of an angry inmate who had threatened to kill him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Israel is the only nation in the world whose existence is threatened. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But Robert and Kyle threatened to call the fire department because it was a waste of water and taxpayer money, they said. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The Canadian sheriff said, “My good man, if you do not immediately desist threatening that child, we won’t be able to discuss anything. Now, please, hand me the pistol.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She kept threatening to get it tattooed on her ankle when she turned eighteen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She threatened to put him in jail and I was on restriction twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week—possibly forever. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Myers also told Nagi, “They threatened me. They want me to say what they want to hear and if I don't then they tell me, ‘You're going to the electric chair.’” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Away from the sorrow that threatens to take residence in my heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the kidnapper found him, and threatened to kill them both. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The dark metal seemed to gaze back at me, threatening even in its stillness. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Several times the machine threatened to tip over, but it ground on relentlessly and righted itself. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He whistled softly while he cleaned Penny up, threatening to call the Haz-mat team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “You mean the ones who threatened to shoot you?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He recalled Bilbo’s account of his journey and the threatening towers on the hills north of the Road, in the country near the Troll’s wood where his first serious adventure had happened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Bit back the tears that had threatened all day. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A flood that threatened to drown me if I didn’t fight it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When a cave-in threatened, or actually occurred, when delicately measured explosives were being laid down, when a difficult seam was hit.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It feels like my heart is threatening to jump through my mouth, along with everything else inside me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Jorge had threatened to kill his son-in-law if he dared show his face in Santa Teresa del Mar. But Celia could see that Hugo was in a mood to test his limits. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The people, threatened with starvation, forced the King to yield and permit the boy’s death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z An arrested Korean gang chief named Han had been publicly threatening him, spreading the word on the street that Kwang had betrayed them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears threaten to spill out again, but I blink them away and nod. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “And my brother still plays, unwary of his foe. Laertes is vengeful and rebellious. You saw him threaten the king. I fear he may be the next victim.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The sky was as dark as if a mighty storm were threatening, but there was none of the electric tension that comes ahead of a storm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Out of the wreck rose the Black Rider, tall and threatening, towering above her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But the prison authorities wielded the classification system as a weapon against political prisoners, threatening to lower our hard-won classifications in order to control our behavior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A memory came to her, undiminished after so many years, of the day Aunty Uju's General died, how Aunty Uju had threatened his relatives. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And the person who was threatening his life was someone who shared Macon’s blood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Daedalus has been kind to us, Your Majesty. And I do not like you threatening our father.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Or if a quarrel threatened he would play so tenderly and soothingly that the fiercest spirits would grow calm and forget their anger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry Potter is dead by my hand, and no man alive can threaten me now! Watch! Crucio!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Say the thief had offered lots of money, promised that the cause was honorable, and—last but not least—threatened their life if they showed the letter to anyone else. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The pastor's voice is ice water on my soul, and the wave of fear I've been fighting to hold back threatens to drown me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I want to make it clear that you need to report any other events of this type to the school immediately. If you’re threatened, and you’re not at school, call 911.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She was well above vanity now that no male principle threatened her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I picked up one of the boots and threatened to throw it at him. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Dark mountains rose out of the horizon—angry, sharp peaks that chewed at the sky, a mouth threatening to devour the glistening jewel in front of it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They had threatened in the past to do something to keep her away. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They never threatened to call some other kid’s mother because her son threw a rock at my face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Difficulties over segregation and discrimination exist in every city, in every State of the Union, producing in many cities a rising tide of discontent that threatens the public safety. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He just wanted to beat a path away from his parents’ past, which was also their present and which was threatening to become his present as well. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, banks and companies were failing across America, strikes threatened everywhere, and cholera had begun a slow white trek across Europe, raising fears that the first plague ships would soon arrive in New York Harbor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Because you were threatening charges against my clients here. Charges that are groundless.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Daddy is grumbling again and threatening to take away my diary. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Well, he wouldn’t dare land if you threatened him with that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She pulls the covers off and threatens to yank down the sheet. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z During Dad’s first week at work he made so many suggestions about how brick could be laid faster and better that the foreman threatened repeatedly to fire him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo delivered the manuscript to Riccardi in Rome in May 1630, but in June he had to return home because an outbreak of plague spreading south into Italy threatened to reach Florence and disrupt communications. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "Tell me,” I said in a low, threatening voice, "or I’ll squeeze you till you pop.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Her exposed thigh—like her breasts, which threatened to spill out of the top of the dress—was full, well rounded, flawlessly white, and heartbreaking in its vulnerability. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He threatens us with clink and all the rest of it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness beneath was that much more profound, and yet it wasn’t threatening, as shadows were in the city. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He broke off and lifted his eyes above the River, and it seemed to him that all he could see was a vast and threatening shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Old and crippled, she sat in the shade with a switch and threatened them with gory murder if they happened to misbehave right in front of her. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Or would it be the belief that every life was sacred, and that MDR potentially threatened more lives than any other infectious disease? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But I just get, I don’t know, threatened and feel pretty worthless every time he starts liking another girl. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They did not threaten us in the swaggering way that I recalled from my previous stay, and betrayed no emotion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "You will be stopping there. Are you men or dogs that you would threaten a child?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But this kind of rebellion threatens only the rare pedestrian member of the owning class. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper class, however, in whose hands were concentrated all the power and wealth, was unaware of the danger that threatened the fragile equilibrium of their position. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba looks up from his plate, eyebrows threatening to touch his hairline. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The same principle would also prolong the harsh realities of life for poor blacks like Ann Atwater, let alone for the equally poor, and increasingly threatened, whites like C. P. Ellis. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In his correspondence with the boatbuilder, he threatened to buy his equipment from an English supplier, demanded price concessions, and insisted on design modifications if he were to buy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Riders seemed to sit upon their great steeds like threatening statues upon a hill, dark and solid, while all the woods and land about them receded as if into a mist. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A moment passed while her heart threatened to explode. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I saw my role as reconnaissance: I was there to relay information, to tell Dad that Shawn had threatened Audrey, because Dad would know what to do. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was shadowy and dreadful, and yet it called to him and threatened him and challenged him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I could threaten to join if they didn’t let her in. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And I rattled off every curse word I knew and threatened to kill the guy like a hundred times. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He wasn’t exactly threatening—he was armed only with his clipboard—but he didn’t seem quite harmless either. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Another guy I knew really did threaten to have his personal enemies killed by hired gunmen after the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when Mom and Dad are arguing, she threatens to pack up our stuff and take me and Abbey out of the Keys to “go start a normal life.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The light was a vortex, thrashing, bellowing, threatening to swallow her whole. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They must try to confuse their offspring as well, who, I suppose, threaten them in similar ways—always trying to get things straight, always trying to name the unspeakable. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was bound and determined to run off, and sometimes I had to threaten her with catastrophe just to keep her in check. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The teachers’ security council gave a few kids detention and we were all threatened with serious repercussions if the combat continued. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Another was threatened with the loss of his teaching job. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It expands to encompass an entire but still-emerging world that Burr threatened and Hamilton believed himself to be defending. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I have known him to cut and slash the women’s heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z The man's eyes are focused on me, measuring the unspoken language that will either threaten him or put him at ease. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As the elevator car ascended, the Doors shook and tried to open, threatening to spill them into whatever was between life and death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was very happy, he wrote and in belligerently underlined words threatened that he intended to stay that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Vaguely he threatened her with whipping if she did not obey him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d been mocked and threatened many times now, cut down for being black, female, and vocal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was innocent, he claimed, and yet he was made to parade through the halls naked and threatened with being put in a mental institution. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The threatened prosecution of aliens also backfired on the Federalists, when Irish immigrants in New York and Germans in Pennsylvania, formerly staunch supporters of the Adams administration, went over to the Republicans in droves. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I emptied my root beer can into a plastic cup and watched the foam threaten to spill over. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Because the heat was incredible and the wind was threatening to blow the fire in their direction, everyone on the block was preparing to flee. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Only the captain remained at the helm, from which vantage point he hurled threatening reminders about the danger of sharks and the penalties of mutiny. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He drives us all back down below, threatening to beat us boys with an oar if we don’t hurry. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This sounded like panting, short and sharp, followed by a growl, low and quiet and threatening, coming out of the darkness. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “And you have stepped out of your place. Gertrude shall hear of it,” she threatened. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’m going to hang up on you, Jam threatened, laughing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Not Gwystyl! Why, he wouldn’t have done the least thing for us—until Doli threatened to squeeze him! Gwystyl! All he wanted was to be let alone and hide in his wretched burrow!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And they threatened the women at the bazaar, including my mother. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “That is what everybody would like to know. If they won’t come, the Prime Minister has threatened to ask Mr. Khrushchev for help.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a malignant cell that threatened to divide and divide again, unless I could find some way to stop it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s the only time she ever threatened me, and generally we got along fine, but not as well as she and Harry. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When the soldiers were changing shifts early on a rainy Sunday evening, September 11, one of them did what others had threatened. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I guarantee you that dozens of politicians are on the phone right now demanding action and threatening anyone who will listen with hearings and investigations to make something happen.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The night came in, dark and damp, and the rushing of the rain sounded loud and threatening. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Castro oversaw the defense of the Bay of Pigs personally, and, far from threatening his hold on Cuba, the botched invasion helped consolidate his power. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Even if they should threaten your very life, you could not fight back.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The police had shown up, and Dad got into an argument with them, and they threatened to arrest him, and gosh it was quite the drama. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A wave of cold sickness threatened to engulf him again; he leaned back into the lumpy seat and closed his eyes until they had passed the gates. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Rain blankets the world around me and wind whistles through my drenched shirt, threatening to lift me off my feet. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A torrent of children’s screams, white noise on Libby’s bus journey home, threatens to override key aspects of her story. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Thus, instead of a way out for Bloom, Linda threatened to reaffirm the roots he badly wanted to destroy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the trip, the sheriff again threatened Walter with racial slurs and terrifying plans. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But instead of threatening or hurting Shin, they asked questions. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They demanded that the sick be moved and the corpse be disposed of properly—and they threatened to burn the place down if action wasn’t taken quickly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But now the Klan provided no answers for the questions that stormed out of the darkness, like soldiers into battle, threatening to overwhelm him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He worried that his wife’s taking such a radical stand could harm his political future, so he encouraged Elizabeth to drop the proposal and threatened to leave town if she read the resolution. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Yes. I know beyond question that he has sworn his allegiance to Arawn. He is Arawn’s avowed champion. Once again, the power of Annuvin threatens Prydain.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Samuel P. Huntington, a Harvard professor of government, takes the extreme view that Mexicans will not assimilate and that the separate culture they are developing threatens the United States. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In her remarks, Dahlgren argued that women had distinct duties in the home and that suffrage would threaten their special status. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The memories of that moment were like an unfinished quilt, patched together with careless thread and always threatening to unravel. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Its fires were now dimmed, and it stood in smouldering slumber, as threatening and dangerous as a sleeping beast. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He wanted them to threaten to call the FBI or something. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Browned photographs leered or threatened from the walls and the white, freshly done curtains pushed against themselves and against the wind. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. He is the man who threatened you at El Puerto when we went to cure my uncle Lucas.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There he lifted us high as breaking waves threatened to knock us down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled, then realized that his smile threatened to grow into a giggle and that he might be slightly delirious. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "He threatened to beat up the Tamil children?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The second reason was that Momma and Dad were always threatening to do stuff to Byron that everybody knew they wouldn’t do. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a comely shadow who didn’t threaten them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They called him a demon and threatened him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A growing anxiety that already had filled him, and now threatened to overflow. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z OK, so she was furious and even threatened to call the Las Vegas police and report my friend’s license plate number. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He tried his best to catch up, his backpack bouncing against his shoulders and his weapon threatening to slip out of his sweaty hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The dragon appeared and threatened Billy, who was dressed as a girl; the angel with a sword and lantern descended from heaven. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Other Lincoln haters threatened to assassinate him on the east front of the Capitol the moment he began to read his inaugural address. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When I made it halfway up the stairs, Madam yelled at me for airing the bed linen on a day that threatened rain. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z What was threatening to be an all-out war becomes a war council, with our parents strategizing what the principal can be told, especially about the running away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “You came here with it, litde fool, thinking you could you threaten me!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z White threatened to fire the guards if they ever abused an inmate again. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They never threaten, but their presence alone makes me feel very awkward and alone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The comments about him depicted a man who would not simply take the country in a different direction but would threaten its very sanctity, its very core. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “One word more from you——” began Mary Poppins, and she said it in such a peculiarly threatening voice that even Michael felt a little nervous. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It was a taut leer, an evil thing, more threatening than a look of rage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I think . . . and if you ever repeat what I’m saying right now I will cheerfully beat you to death,” I threatened, “but I think that would hurt Jessica’s feelings.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Werfel could not believe that, on top of everything else, he now had to be threatened by one of Tenebrion’s most powerful noble families on account of Spurge’s bad behavior. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Or just find a white writer. White writers can be blunt about race and get all activist because their anger isn’t threatening,” Grace said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mother, who never disciplined any of us or even threatened discipline, ignored the signals. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The men behind were threatening to hack it apart and butcher the ox where he stood, whilst the driver and his kin swore to kill them if they tried. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The taste threatened to gag her, but she made her-self chew and swallow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The numbness of the initial assault now faded, the bruise deepened into my skin, along with an anger so hot, it threatened to burn me alive. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The longing threatened to claw my insides raw. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But what is so threatening about my ability to manipulate the simulations? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z So in a way Edward was, when he tried to steal the suit, threatening to kill him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Something irreducibly human, or male, threatened the order of their household, and Briony knew that unless she helped her sister, they would all suffer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then the monitors would threaten to close the whole thing down, and we’d all of us have to face a talking to from Miss Emily at assembly the next morning. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Union leaders threatened to organize unions worldwide to oppose the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Antoninus had shamefully put to death that centurion’s brother, and he threatened the man every day, yet he kept him as a bodyguard. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Still, her landlord has threatened to kick her out for housing so many people. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s meant to be pretty,” whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her lashes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The mountains swung a half-circle around a lake black and sullen below threatening clouds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z For obvious reasons, Taius didn't appreciate this prediction, but the Augurs must have threatened to strangle him with sheep gut, because he didn’t make a peep when they raised Blackcliff and began training students here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He saw a great juggernaut of stars form in the sky and threaten to roll over and crush him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z For three days rain had threatened, but not a drop had fallen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I used to threaten Ruth May’s life so carelessly just to make her behave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But you could not row at all if your shell sank, and as November of 1934 wore on, the water was so rough that it continually threatened to swamp the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And why did I see them now as behind a veil that threatened to lift, stirred by the cold wind in the narrow street? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab’s mom’s eyebrows formed perfect arches above her eyes, threatening to disappear into her hair, as my grandfather screamed at my grandmother for no reason I could understand. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The breaches threatened the lives of agents and created insidious doubts, with officials questioning each other’s loyalty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Fear was like a cloud itself, threatening to suffocate him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z And now, farther south, beyond that visible barrier, out in the world I scarcely remembered, there loomed the dark, threatening cloud I’d heard grown-ups talk about. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They threatened that bad things would happen to our entire community if anyone proceeded to push ahead with this. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He recalled that the cranky foreman had threatened to unleash vicious guard dogs, and he assumed they were the ones that bit Mullet Fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, you just don’t challenge a guy who has trouble reading and say he’s read something incorrectly, because that's really threatening. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to fix you one of these days,” Gus threatened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As their demands increased, upping the ante, so to speak, Bloom’s temper threatened to flare. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hours later, after Mum Olga called her three times and threatened to leave without her, she declared herself perfect and departed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A few days after he’s settled them all in, Vincent receives a visitor who vehemently disapproves and threatens to divulge all to Dorus and Anna. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hoover hadn’t forgotten that Comstock had criticized the bureau and had threatened to turn Senator Curtis against him—which made Comstock, in Hoover’s eyes, a malicious rat. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The gale threatened to blow the tent apart. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My nerves threaten to return, but Mr. Griffiths nods his head when I glance at him, as if to say, “Go on.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They just poked them with their rifles and threatened to shoot them if they didn’t get in the truck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Every time you turned around she was threatening to go tell on you or was whining about something or being just a plain old pest. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When a gunter was surrounded by avatars she didn’t like, she would claim to have the Cataclyst in her inventory and threaten to detonate it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All of the wrongness thunders and falls and threatens to bury her alive. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It would be a lot easier to figure out what the hell was going on without a roomful of drunks threatening to lynch me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Yet this substanceless number threatens to undermine the simplest operations in mathematics, like multiplication and division. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “But I think it’s troublesome for the country that there is surveillance of citizens, and that the right of privacy is being threatened.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But I think the power threatening to go out was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And not in the way that the world opened up to Primadonna when she threatened to run away with her new boyfriend if I didn’t let her go on dates with him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Like all guards, he acted stern and unfriendly and often threatened to beat them if they did not work faster. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Stooped and dark and sprouting rags from his shoes, hat and sleeves, he shuffled slowly toward me, bringing a threatening cloud of carbolic acid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Can you believe that Julian phoned Channing Williams, my wicked predecessor, and threatened to quit unless she was moved?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The altar wobbled and threatened to overturn and the collection table sat at a rakish angle. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she slept at home, she’d have it: her dad taking Mitchell, threatening that Terryl would never see the boy again. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “All we have to do is threaten to go. They let us rebuild the Tang people’s town in the old place or we go to some city where they’ll appreciate us.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Listen, you get one run, hear me? After this, I don't wanna see you around here no more," he threatened. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She returns to her notes with smooth professionalism, as if she has not just threatened his life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I threatened to cut them off without a cent until I remembered they already controlled my money. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The guards immediately saw this and threatened us, but we would not increase our pace, and we continued this go-slow strategy for as long as we worked in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The headmaster had threatened me with death by in-school suspension if anything bad, embarrassing, or even mildly entertaining happened on this trip. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The DA initially threatened an attempted murder charge for what went down in the SUV with Kerns and me, but Dave’s lawyers were too good to let that stick. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z ‘It looks every step of fifty miles,’ he muttered gloomily, staring at the threatening mountain, ‘and that’ll take a week, if it takes a day, with Mr. Frodo as he is.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The boat started to tilt, stirring up the muck on the sea bottom and threatening to topple onto the cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They snapped at one another and threatened the females. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d just finished eating when the rain that had threatened all morning blew in over the mountains in heavy black thunderheads. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, it isn’t life threatening. They want to have your party in his hospital room.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The harder we fought the more threatening the men became. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That well-paved world appealed to him, and he missed it as his feet fell on uneven clumps of hardened dirt that threatened to twist his ankles. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The one time I did—and it was only hyperbole—Dad freaked out and threatened to send me to a hospital. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Gebu had frequently threatened to beat him insensible if he ever set foot in that upper room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “The government has been threatening to shut down the experiments for almost a year now,” Nita says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Here, a black man pocketed Ann Atwater's money for that pitiful shack—and threatened to toss her family into the street because she had trouble making the rent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z While the work was often exhausting, no one slapped, kicked, or punched Shin, and no one threatened him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They sailed through it for hours until the main mast cracked and dropped the sail into the water, threatening to drag the whole ship into the sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But I just followed him through the thick brush, weaving through pine trees and threatening, chest-high brambly bushes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “And he threatened you. Can you tell me the exact nature of the threat?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “He knew himself, very well. We’d threatened half a dozen times to leave him at home if he didn’t behave.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hippasus had revealed a secret that was deadly to the Greek way of thinking, a secret that threatened to undermine the entire philosophy that the brotherhood had struggled to build. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “If I hear another word, I’m going to leave you all here and go to New York by myself!” she threatens. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He teaches in the one classroom with a platform so that he can stand above us and threaten us with his ash plant and peel his apple for all to see. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His eyes were on Mr. Flux, still splashing, still threatening. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She even threatens me, saying if I try to get out of it she will take away all my rights at home. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Britain and France send a stern warning to Hitler, promising to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, not so much because it threatens you as because it shows humans in such an inhuman light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabs a stick and threatens to club him if he touches Ana Lucia again. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z |
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