menace

Example Sentences

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Standing only 5 feet 8, Johnson has established herself as a defensive menace, guarding both forwards and guards.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Despite the high stakes, I was an absolute menace.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

It is especially a menace to anyone invested in securities such as longer-term Treasury bonds, which are “safe” in name only.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Flanker Manuel Zuliani has been a breakdown menace.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

And I submit, then, that the racial tensions that menace Americans today have little to do with real antipathy—on the contrary, indeed—and are involved only symbolically with color.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin