menacing
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Known for his sharp suits, sunglasses and menacing air, Stephen Miller has long been one of US President Donald Trump's most loyal and combative consiglieres.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
This is in marked contrast with some of the other Liberties on view, like the 1839 small bronze work by French sculptor David d’Angers, whose Romantic ideas animated his figure’s menacing weapon and defiant headgear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Released in June, the group’s fourth album, “Escrito en Agua,” is a bohemian tour de force — a bewitching combination of freestyle poetry, menacing Krautrock, melancholy shades of jazz and post-rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The same grin can look menacing or jovial, depending on how Thatcher contorts the rest of her features.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Géricault painted the storm clouds and cresting waves dark to create a menacing mood.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
Vocabulary lists containing menacing
The Diary of Anne Frank
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A Christmas Carol
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