Threatens
[θretənz]
Examples
- He won't do it unless he is very much worried, and only threatens it sometimes, when he gets tired of studying. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Fascination is never so imperial as when, roused and half ireful, she threatens transformation to fierceness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- May there not be something in these recent events which threatens her secret with discovery? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The bow is ornamented with a steel comb with a battle-ax attachment which threatens to cut passing boats in two occasionally, but never does. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It reefs its sail when a storm threatens or the wind blows pretty hard, and furls it entirely and goes down when a gale blows. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Another lover threatens prosecution! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Everybody threatens me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The first consideration is to remove the pressing danger which threatens you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is absurd to suppose that you have two enemies, one of whom robs you, while the other threatens your life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He threatens safely who threatens a prisoner, said De Bracy; but when had a Saxon any touch of courtesy? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Threatens to send them the photograph. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Of course you know, Archer continued, that if your husband chooses to fight the case--as he threatens to-- Yes--? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You haven't told me when he threatens to drop down upon me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typed by Betsy