menace
Example Sentences
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The old man would become the menacing force behind many of Shepard’s plays.
Fittingly, the Clipse opened their set with the menacing “Chains and Whips,” which is jam packed with lethal, high-level bars about why contemporary rappers simply can’t sit with them.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Nadir was charged on Wednesday with using a carriage service to threaten, menace or harass, and with possessing a prohibited drug.
From BBC
Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor who brought a flinty menace to films such as “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven” was found dead Wednesday along with his wife in New Mexico, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times
There are circles in L.A. in which it’s considered unwise to even speak his name out loud unless you’re looking for disrespectful rebukes or menacing silence.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
