| 单词 | threatening |
| 例句 | 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 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 “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 He never reacts under great suffering, never gets angry, is never threatening. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I stamped out the few that were still edged in red and threatening to flame up again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 He flashed his bright teeth in a brief, threatening smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But what is so threatening about my ability to manipulate the simulations? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And Finn had tear tracks down his cheeks, along with a bubble of snot threatening to balloon out of one of his nostrils. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Because you were threatening charges against my clients here. Charges that are groundless.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The light is bad today, the weather’s turned, the sky leaden, threatening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My arms suddenly felt apishly long, knuckles threatening to scrape the pavement. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The street was as black, as threatening, as enigmatic as before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z 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 It sounded deep and rich, but also threatening—like a tremor before a major earthquake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 ‘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 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 The creatures were roaming city streets, threatening millions of New Yorkers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z You do know, it said, low and threatening. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 “Would the gesture have been so threatening if he was white?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 But Rashid didn’t rush him or reach for his bag or anything threatening. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 A huge dark cloud rolls in, threatening to rain on our game. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Every noise sounded threatening, every cat scurrying out of a doorway made Meggie jump. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 “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 With his eyes closed he seemed more threatening than with them open. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Fear was like a cloud itself, threatening to suffocate him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Drizzle fell upon the fat friar’s face, threatening to wake him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 “What are you doing ... are you threatening me?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I swallowed and clenched my teeth against threatening nausea. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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’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 A gust blew down the chimney, threatening the fragile fire. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The light was a vortex, thrashing, bellowing, threatening to swallow her whole. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She guessed that dating a girl was a lot less threatening to her parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Lacking rest, though, she was the Yellow River, roiling, threatening to become the sorrow of millions. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I think of pressing a gun to his head and threatening his life, and swallow hard. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The thunder kept threatening like a big old empty cloud clearing its throat. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Some of the pictures are of my brother, making threatening gestures with snowballs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 imagined her face contorted with rage, her stance heavy and threatening. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “He made a threatening movement, but I was able to quickly gain control of the situation.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Gray’s manner—confident but not threatening—calmed Pax. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 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 I stood on the edge of the walk watching the crowd threatening to attack the man until a policeman appeared and dispersed them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 My stomach knots again, threatening to empty anything that didn't already escape. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 Either that or Charlene’s mother threatening to call the police worked. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 It is not possible to add pesticides to water anywhere without threatening the purity of water everywhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 I ask, figuring it will make Nathan even less threatening if he’s gay. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 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 He was arguing already, threatening lawsuits, the loss of all their jobs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 It makes him look less threatening, more like the person I’ve come to know in private. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The harder we fought the more threatening the men became. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 But I think the power threatening to go out was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 A lump rose in her throat, and she felt the ache of tears threatening. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 "Tell me,” I said in a low, threatening voice, "or I’ll squeeze you till you pop.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “I will use this,” she said in a threatening voice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “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 “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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 Harry thought fast, his scar still prickling, his head threatening to split again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Before them, darkling against a pallid sky, the great mountains reared their threatening heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 They were still narrow and slippery, but no longer darkly threatening. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 But they were already tearing the chaplain from my grip and the guards were threatening me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 A glare would have been less threatening than the look he gives me—a look of pure hatred. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “Don’t start,” he begged in a threatening voice, both hands tightening around his beer bottle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 His sabotage cases typically involved disgruntled employees threatening to sabotage their employers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z 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 Gruffly she snuffled deep in her throat, blinking off a threatening teardrop. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 “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 I stopped, alarmed, confused...I had made no threatening move. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 What we disagreed about was threatening all that we had agreed upon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “No, I mean he was threatening to redlight Walter and Camel.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The rising water swirled, threatening to pull her under. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 The dark metal seemed to gaze back at me, threatening even in its stillness. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Was there something faintly threatening in the man’s voice? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The disk thus constitutes a threatening challenge to historians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I held on, maintaining eye contact, bruising my book, threatening my heart. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “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 “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 same threatening scent that had made him anxious for two days. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 The soldier stood over him in a threatening manner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 The night came in, dark and damp, and the rushing of the rain sounded loud and threatening. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 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 He had already found the way to control me—by threatening others. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “Right as the rain threatening to fall tomorrow.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 Four smiling, mocking, threatening men remained in the drawing room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not look threatening, but you never knew. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I felt my arms prickling with nervousness, sweat glands threatening to burst open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 Just as we get out the door, one man raises a baseball bat, threatening to swing at Alyssa. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The school kept threatening to drop football because of low attendance. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He whistled softly while he cleaned Penny up, threatening to call the Haz-mat team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “If anyone says anything threatening to you, tell us at once.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 People slamming, shoving, scrambling like ants as the hill presses in, threatening to crush their fragile shells. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His eyes were on Mr. Flux, still splashing, still threatening. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Week after week my threatening letters grow sharper and sharper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 The giant did not seem immediately threatening, though. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “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 In my eyes then, it was a threatening openness, a no man’s land. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m under strict orders to tell them if anyone says or does something threatening. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 The cabbies are threatening a one-day strike of all New York. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I can feel the tears threatening to come out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The arm filled in, threatening to tear the new seam, but stayed in one piece. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “Smells what so good, smells what?” the voice hissed again, but the tone wasn’t threatening. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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'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 “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 The earth trembled, threatening to open its jaws and eat us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The feelings pile up, threatening to crack my chest wide-open. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 There was a thick cloud cover, heavy and threatening above us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Baba looks up from his plate, eyebrows threatening to touch his hairline. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z 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 “Tell me, and perhaps I will forgive you for threatening to murder me.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 Every so often, her stomach twisted, threatening revolt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “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 “She’s threatening suicide unless I swear that my heart is hers alone.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The mountains swung a half-circle around a lake black and sullen below threatening clouds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 The landlord is threatening to evict us because of the odor. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Her tusks weren’t much to look at, and her tail bristles seemed more delicate than threatening. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 She kept threatening to get it tattooed on her ankle when she turned eighteen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 It wasn’t Clay’s voice and, when she thought about it, not even a threatening voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of her customers fall behind in their payments and they need threatening letters. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She bolted right up again in a threatening rage. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 A rogue dictator was threatening the stability of the region. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 Reed could feel it rumbling inside them, threatening to burst from their clenched fists and teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 These threatening harangues managed to delay matters, but the Deep South lacked the votes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “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 His veil kept tilting on his head, threatening to come off. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 She, threatening, cajoling, admonishing them: “Go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He stomped away, threatening to go home and pull them out himself. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The growl they use for purposes of threatening has yet another guttural quality. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her fangs were bared, but for once she didn’t look threatening. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Possibly you were responding to unconscious stereotypes of black men as large, threatening, dangerous?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “Yes. It looked real. He was threatening me.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z 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 Rain lashes against me, threatening to hurl me into the water. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do you know when M. Ratchett received the last threatening letter?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “I’m calling your father after this,” she said in her most severe, threatening tone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 And Jack came closer, threatening, and I laughed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “And I assume you know about the threatening letters your parents received at their work assignments.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z 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 Giants they seemed to him, vast grey figures silent but threatening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 He still had that feeling that something dark and threatening was moving in on them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 ‘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 His voice is threatening from the moment he speaks. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 They approached slowly, careful not to make any threatening moves. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The singularity swirled inside me, a black hole threatening to pull me in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “We’re not threatening it. You and I have both become invisible.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Around the same time I got threatening calls at home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Lefty kept hold of Dr. Philobosian, who was still threatening to drown himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 I want to ask Coach about my starting position—how he can ask me to help the kid who’s threatening to take it away—but I don’t say anything and Coach drives me home. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He probably wasn’t used to pretty girls threatening to cut his throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It whirled around my head, threatening to suck the very life out of my lungs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “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 Daddy is grumbling again and threatening to take away my diary. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 “The government has been threatening to shut down the experiments for almost a year now,” Nita says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 Not when invaders were threatening the Empire and the populous had to be placated. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Shanti felt that snake of truth coil around her legs, threatening to squeeze. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 Darryl looked me up and down, a threatening expression on his face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 I feel Marcus’s eyes on me like an oppressive weight threatening to crush me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 The trees were huge and dark, somehow threatening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dad says something and Mom replies, her voice lower and threatening. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Anger bubbles up inside me, threatening to boil over. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 “I’m afraid that would come under the heading of ‘overexertion,’” said Madam Pomfrey, pushing him firmly back onto the bed and raising her wand in a threatening manner. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z 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 That girl’s threatening to be a regular feature. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 lifted his hand, threatening to strike her. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z That was safer than threatening me directly, and it worked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Two years later, he beat me for threatening my ninth-grade teacher. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 Ahead, the forest rose up dark and threatening. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 the person who was threatening his life was someone who shared Macon’s blood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Why was the passage of assumption so threatening? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 In the summer’s stifling heat, the room seemed airless and threatening. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z New York City, with fewer people, seemed more threatening somehow. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 One of the deputies accused of shooting Fannie had been heard earlier threatening “to get her.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Thrusting a fist to the sky, she screamed that we would pay for threatening her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Out of the wreck rose the Black Rider, tall and threatening, towering above her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 We who were already suffering were threatening our health, even courting death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Another voice, more threatening, said, “Shut up. I’m trying to sleep.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 There have been no ransom demands of the authors by extortionists threatening to dump the authors’ years of work online if they don’t pay up. The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Maisel's willingness to speak truth to power in unvarnished terms propels her career, even while threatening to derail it. The true story behind the Midge Maisel-Sophie Lennon rivalry 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z I wanted to make sure they had no interest in leaving their wives or otherwise threatening all they had built together. What Sleeping With Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Feminism is threatening to a lot of, I think, people who would be otherwise totally sympathetic to it. Michael Ian Black: Trump's "anachronistic sense of masculinity . . . is literally killing people" 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z In this version of events, Ellison risks doing to the film industry what super-rich club owners have done to British football – inflating its economy and threatening disaster if they walk away. Megan Ellison, the most powerful new force in Hollywood 2013-02-18T19:56:34Z Over the past few years, doxing — publishing private information about people online, generally with the intent of threatening them — has become part of the underbelly of politics. Why do these activists publish people’s addresses but fear the same treatment? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Here the irrationality was subdued as the piece obsessed over a contrast between very high and very low notes, its early stillness unsettled by threatening brays from a solo trombone and snaps from an accordion. Review: Two BBC Proms More Modern than Pastoral 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Putin is now threatening nuclear war as his forces face defeat in Ukraine. Ti West on anyone walking out of his slasher film "X": "What did you think you were signing up for?" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z But last week, the full-on media lovefest turned sour, as stories circulated of Avenatti threatening or harshly criticizing three media organizations: the Daily Caller, the Hollywood Reporter and Law & Crime, a legal website. Perspective | Stormy Daniels’s lawyer is a media star. So why is he threatening journalists? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The wilderness looks unkept and threatening, but seethes with life. Thomas Cole, American Moralist 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z She threatened to call the police and tell them “an African-American man is threatening my life.” Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Mike’s efforts to help the campaign unfailingly result in public embarrassment, threatening Al’s chances of success. 5 Election Comedies to Get You Ready for the Polls 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Similarly, a Goldman Sachs trader seems less threatening and more ludicrous when you know he spends his money on an opulent coop for his chickens. Celebrity divas: the foolish, fabulous, not-so-fearsome rich 2012-11-15T16:25:36Z Add the devilry of the Joker in Batman and the cynicism of Krusty the Clown in the Simpsons, and the 21st-century clown starts to look very threatening. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z A threatening disaster pulls the community together to create the biggest wish event ever in this quirky tale. 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