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Example sentences for: threaten

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

As Alvin encounters a lot of plain folks, both the character and the movie threaten to start seeming "dear."
Both the fort and chapel, however, threaten to collapse because the surrounding cliffs are eroding at a frightening rate.
Blumenthal's lawsuit may well ruin Drudge and threaten Internet free speech.
The paper found that Murdoch had personally intervened to get the book stopped, because he feared that its anti-Chinese slant might threaten his TV interests in China.
"Britain was obliged to alert Chile of any development that could threaten her civil peace.