menacing
Example Sentences
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In this sense, the Backrooms reveal how digital culture is beginning to reshape experiences traditionally associated with tourism, allowing for the mundane to become menacing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Truelove was arraigned Friday on charges of burglary and menacing in the third degree as hate crimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“War of the Worlds” turned them back into the menacing aggressors of 1950s sci-fi films like “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “Invaders From Mars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The defenders followed the two rats closely, menacing them with staves.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Vocabulary lists containing menacing
The Diary of Anne Frank
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A Christmas Carol
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