Examples of 'threatened' in a sentence
Meaning of "threatened"
threaten (verb) - to communicate an intention to harm, punish, or cause hardship to someone or something. This action can instill fear, apprehension, or a sense of danger in the entity being threatened. Threatening behavior can be verbal, psychological, or physical
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- simple past tense and past participle of threaten
- At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
- Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
How to use "threatened" in a sentence
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A data bank for threatened species is being developed.
Threatened by overfishing for international trade.
The fire marshal threatened to shut me down.
Two threatened butterfly species are also present.
But the university threatened to shut us down.
You threatened him the night he died.
You must have been threatened by emma pierce.
She threatened to turn you in to the police.
Your husband has threatened to kill himself.
He threatened to kill her if she tried to escape.
Last year you threatened to kill her.
Threatened with extinction for environmental reasons.
I understand you threatened to punch his nose.
I threatened to tell her about the affair.
She says you threatened to kill her.
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I threatened to auction his hands off on eBay.
Extinction of known threatened species has been prevented.
People react when they feel threatened.
Her attorneys threatened to attach his negative.
On other occasions his relatives have been threatened.
Your bride threatened me with a claw hammer.
They felt that their businesses were threatened.
Daddy threatened to cut me off without a cent.
They attack whoever threatened their masters.
They threatened to take the car away.
Three more on my shift threatened to quit today.
She threatened her family with violence.
The workers are threatened and some hit.
You threatened my wife and demanded money.
One that is not threatened by any man.
They threatened each other with violence.
They must have threatened the paper.
They threatened to kill her if she screamed.
Wealth of poor nations threatened by climate change.
I got threatened when we were doing the arms thing.
Population groups currently threatened by natural phenomena.
They threatened me both verbally and physically.
Human security is not threatened by conflicts alone.
I threatened you and you said nothing.
Not one that threatened nine planets.
They felt their identity constantly to be threatened.
Then he threatened to come back with a gun.
The rural communities are threatened with extinction.
The guy threatened all of us straight out.
You do not have to feel threatened by my job.
Territories threatened with extinction for environmental.
He saved my life and then threatened to kill me.
People are threatened by change for a variety of reasons.
The new democracies are threatened on two fronts.
I feel threatened by teachers who are very successful.
