Examples of 'it threatened' in a sentence
Meaning of "it threatened"
The phrase 'it threatened' suggests that something or someone posed a potential or imminent danger, harm, or risk to a particular situation, person, or entity. It indicates that there was a credible or perceived threat that could disrupt, damage, or negatively impact the well-being, stability, or progress of something. 'It threatened' can be used to describe various scenarios, such as political unrest threatening a nation's security or a natural disaster threatening a community
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It threatened the viability and survival of nations.
To protect human life wherever we find it threatened.
It threatened the immediate destruction of the ship.
The obvious answer is because it threatened authority.
It threatened their feelings of safety and wellbeing.
Though perhaps because it threatened his own authority.
It threatened to cut short his pro aspirations.
For a moment it threatened to get ugly.
It threatened to become an absolute blood bath at one stage.
They believed it threatened national security.
It threatened the move with sanctions.
You may even feel that it threatened to destroy you.
It threatened the longevity of the reservoirs.
I would quit this job in a heartbeat if it threatened what we have.
I think it threatened to denounce the police.
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A wall there was propped up because it threatened to fall onto students.
It threatened our whole way of life.
Assyria was the great power and it threatened everyone around.
Yet it threatened her in some way.
At some point it threatened us.
It threatened the very fabric of civilisation.
She was opposed to it as it threatened her own possible accession to the crown.
It threatened his identity too much.
The height of the doctrine was so violent that it threatened the hegemony.
It threatened them to me very often.
The losses were so disastrous that it threatened to undermine the morale of entire squadrons.
It threatened war within two days if the ultimatum was rejected.
The wondrous sword was kept at a splendid castle it threatened us both with death.
It threatened to surface once more.
The situation was very dangerous because it threatened the future of the harbour.
Until it threatened to stop him.
And she fought for this freedom whenever she felt it threatened.
It threatened to bring political progress towards ending the transition to a standstill.
I grew to despise it because it threatened the happiness of you and you and you.
It threatened massive retaliation.
The labor was so onerous that it threatened the biological reproduction of the labor force.
It threatened to spread to the large wards where hundreds of sick were lying.
I worked with an OB who would induce if it threatened his Saturday tee time.
It threatened to tear us apart.
Reputedly it reached the point where it threatened the marriage of Juliana and Bernhard.
It threatened to apply tougher sanctions if the human rights situation did not improve.
A few years ago it threatened to sue Jeffrey Beall.
It threatened to keep blocking the process until the border dispute is resolved.
More importantly, it threatened her son and heir.
It threatened my husband.
Although almost depleted, it threatened to spill from my body.
It threatened complications.
Greece does not threaten, nor is it threatened.
It threatened members with death if they were to reveal the secret council to others.
I'd quit this job in a heartbeat if it threatened what we have.
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Threatened by overfishing for international trade
The fire marshal threatened to shut me down
