menace

Example Sentences

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It was a dogfight and Italy's dogs were just that bit more menacing.

From BBC

He is depicted relaxing, but the intensity of his gaze “gives it a menacing feel,” said Gregory Rubinstein, Sotheby’s head of old master drawings.

From The Wall Street Journal

A tank rumbled down the street, a mass of menacing metal.

From Literature

But there was a grim menace out here, not only in the master’s manner but in the desolation of our surroundings.

From Literature

They were far less menacing than the roving patrols of soldiers and police officers that were ubiquitous in France.

From Los Angeles Times