menacingly

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As we talk, on occasion the screeching call of a toucan pierces the quiet, and miles above, the same giant black birds hover menacingly in groups, surveying everything below.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

One day in December, Nat notices gulls, crows, starlings and wrens massing menacingly overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

"It continued to circle around menacingly, however, until I was clear of the area. It was magnificent and yet unnerving."

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

“It could be paradise, but then there’s a military helicopter flying over her, and that helicopter is menacingly low, and it shouldn’t be,” Salles says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Hagrid shouted as Ron and Harry used their wands to shoot jets of fiery sparks at the skrewt, which was advancing menacingly on them, its sting arched, quivering, over its back.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling