menacing

Example Sentences

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A hard year followed with floods, ICE, AI, etc., menacing our native optimism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Towards the end, the whole body of dancers becomes engaged, menacing as they approach, their tense stomachs flexing as if hungry.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

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 • Feb. 4, 2026

It was far from the mildly menacing tone of his social media posts claiming that Greenland will be America's.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The blue shadows of late afternoon were menacing now.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett