menace

So does—to one’s great surprise—Nile, whom the wondrous Mr. Rhys makes both menacing and charming and, quite critically, a friend to Aggie, never mind how self-serving his friendship might be.

Booker was a menace on both sides of the court, grabbing five rebounds, blocking five shots and even throwing a nifty pass to a cutting Jamar Brown for a layup.

Winston Churchill once said that nothing frightened him more during World War II than the German submarines stalking the North Atlantic, menacing Allied convoys and sinking capital ships.

That menacing message was soon followed by an even more frightening development.

Around this time, his father remembered how his son had "poured a significant quantity of oil" over his head and threatened to kill him "in very menacing terms".