threatening
Example Sentences
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Benchmark U.S. prices fell 20% last year and are around their lowest levels in nearly five years, threatening the profitability of the U.S. oil industry.
When that limit is exceeded, the plasma often becomes unstable, disrupting confinement and threatening the operation of the device.
From Science Daily
To stay afloat while completing his third novel, Skipton also reviews books for a local paper and sends begging, and increasingly threatening, letters to a wealthy relative.
This could escalate if the protests get larger and more threatening.
Cutbacks in venture capital and government funding are leaving labs empty and graduates struggling to find jobs, threatening a once reliable path to a high-paying career.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
