menace

Example Sentences

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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

Usually at Sundance, the weather is a menace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Mr. Frampton’s cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” lacks the menace and gritty attack of the original and probably should have been dropped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

A foreboding, clammy and fearful, came into her heart as if, along with the visitor whose name was so strange yet somehow familiar, some menace had slipped into her life.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke