Example sentences for: menacing

How can you use “menacing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It was truly menacing.

  • The FAA's basis for this policy was (1) the agency did not consider such items to be menacing, (2) most local laws did not prohibit individuals from carrying such knives, and (3) such knives would have been difficult to detect unless the sensitivity of metal detectors had been greatly increased.

  • The Wicked Witch, especially, uses terms of endearment ( my little pretty, my fine gentlemen ) when addressing others; but her menacing face and gestures, her vicious sarcasm, her screaming laughter, and her saccharine voice while uttering those polite-sounding addresses and scary death-threats are much more effective and nasty than simple name-calling would be.

  • Green Mile 's fear of the real world is the real political correctness: Every white guy in the movie is a warm, decent sort who regrets any motion that's vaguely menacing.

  • Would Lemann use such a menacing phrase to describe a liberal?


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