Threatened

Examples

• For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I threatened no one. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One Tallien threatened him with a dagger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A cold grey sky threatened rain, and a high wind drove the dust in wild spirals up and down the streets. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But the next time Will came when Lydgate was away, she spoke archly about his not going to London as he had threatened. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The landlord thrust him out at the door, and threatened him with the police if he came back. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Count let him have his way, first privately ascertaining, in case of his own interests being threatened next, where we lived. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• All the troops in service could be brought to the front to contest every inch of ground threatened with invasion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Not only was her agriculture thereby threatened with a great decrease in crop production but her supply of military explosives was also threatened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some said, that the Vincys had behaved scandalously, that Mr. Vincy had threatened Wrench, and that Mrs. Vincy had accused him of poisoning her son. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Shirley was sanguine that the evil she wished to avert was almost escaped, that the threatened storm was passing over. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not possessing my father's excellent common sense, answered Mr. Franklin, I believe the Colonel's life was threatened, exactly as the Colonel said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I wish to inquire of his lordship respectfully, if he has objections to tell me whether or not he has ever threatened to put me under arrest? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At the same time other points within my command were so threatened that it was impossible to concentrate a force to drive him away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He had been high with Mr Rugg, and had threatened to employ some one else. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The maidservant of Mrs. Rushworth, senior, threatened alarmingly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The evergreen arch wouldn't stay firm after she got it up, but wiggled and threatened to tumble down on her head when the hanging baskets were filled. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Yet she shuddered with a sense of nausea, a sort of seasickness that always threatened to overwhelm her mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is quite unnecessary to say that Marian's letter threatened me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When Sumter was fired upon and the integrity of the Union threatened, there was no man more ready to serve his country than he. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• What your uncle threatened to do, answered Mr. Murthwaite. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As Jane opened her eyes to a realization of the imminent peril which threatened her, her brave young heart gave up at last its final vestige of hope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• When it had seemed doubtful whether the Senate would let him go as the Roman general, he had threatened an appeal to the people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My whim is gratified; and now I think Mr. Eshton will do well to put the hag in the stocks to-morrow morning, as he threatened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Kala punished, Tublat swore dire vengeance, and old Kerchak took notice and warned and threatened; but all to no avail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Here an unfortunate special laughed again, whereupon the magistrate threatened to commit him instantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They will revolt against the government when they see that they are threatened, exactly as the fascists have done here, Primitivo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Political discussion would have been treason to the emperor, social or economic inquiry would have threatened the rich. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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