Examples of 'had been threatened' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been threatened"

This phrase indicates that something or someone was subjected to the possibility or act of harm, danger, or damage. It suggests that there was a threat posed to the security or well-being of the subject in the past

How to use "had been threatened" in a sentence

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had been threatened
She had been threatened for her to withdraw.
Journalists covering his trial had been threatened.
The library had been threatened with closure.
You did not say your life had been threatened.
Journalists had been threatened and arrested.
But he said he had to go because his grandmother had been threatened.
I had been threatened and named as a target.
Tell me your family had been threatened.
Had been threatened by three men.
The family thought she had been threatened.
And she had been threatened by her.
In his complaint he stated that his life had been threatened.
But art had been threatened before.
It was also not the last time their family had been threatened.
Mutambara had been threatened with death on a number of occasions.

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I perceived that he had been threatened too.
He had been threatened and swindled far too many times.
Other witnesses had been threatened.
He had been threatened at least once.
The social networking site had been threatened with steep.
Had been threatened with assault.
Allegedly their lives had been threatened for political reasons.
Members of church and human rights groups and journalists had been threatened.
She had been threatened.
The integrity of indigenous peoples and nations had been threatened throughout history.
Espinosa had been threatened repeatedly in the past few years.
She was told the farmers had been threatened and robbed.
She had been threatened and persecuted in her search for her husband.
Twenty per cent of males said they had been threatened with a weapon.
Mehmud had been threatened repeatedly.
Staff advised council that the municipality had been threatened with litigation by email.
Chen had been threatened before.
She now lives abroad after saying that her life had been threatened.
He said his family had been threatened and feels he was a scapegoat.
This was not the first time that one of their teams had been threatened.
Their livelihood had been threatened and the riot was instigated.
It was later revealed that the aunt kidnapped the girls because she had been threatened.
They had been threatened.
The report finished by speculating that they had been threatened by drug dealers.
Cohn herself had been threatened and insulted for her religion.
Wu said that robbery was the only time his father had been threatened with a gun.
López had been threatened.
We were told that a Protestant worker had been threatened.
White himself had been threatened with sanctions for breaching this regulation.
Reports appeared showing that Madunagu had been threatened and harassed.
They had been threatened by the ruling Muslims.
This was not the first time that Jovanovic had been threatened.
They contended that they had been threatened and beaten during questioning.
Four United Nations soldiers had subsequently been killed by mines and retaliation had been threatened.
Many other union leaders had been threatened or imprisoned for refusing to pay a government fine.

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