menacing

Example Sentences

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The old man would become the menacing force behind many of Shepard’s plays.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Although a menacing observer lurks in the darkness, the couple feels protected, submerged beneath the wall of clouds, which roll like white waves against a huge, indigo sky.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal