menacing
Example Sentences
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When he gazed at the camera as Pennywise the clown, the resulting alert conveyed no concern about the menacing visage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Elizabeth Harker, 63, from Luton, admitted sending voicemails to Rayner which were "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character", as well as messages to a woman in Luton.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
A hard year followed with floods, ICE, AI, etc., menacing our native optimism.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
So, they serve up an array of the outlandish - mid-scroll, viewers stumble upon a lover's fight or a menacing standoff.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
I ask him in what I hope is a menacing fashion, sticking my fingers under his armpits to tickle him.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing menacing
The Diary of Anne Frank
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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A Christmas Carol
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