- present tense form of threaten (3rd person singular).
threatens
Example Sentences
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It's a game packed with tight combat and excellent performances, but it never threatens to meet the genre-defining heights of Insomniac's previous offering.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
That distrust threatens to undermine the teamwork and productivity gains that AI is supposed to deliver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Australia could soon give citizens the choice to opt out of them under new legislation that also threatens big tech companies with fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The defendants have appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of blocking the lawsuit, which they say threatens to create financial chaos for their industry, among other issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Yet this substanceless number threatens to undermine the simplest operations in mathematics, like multiplication and division.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
