Examples of 'were being threatened' in a sentence

Meaning of "were being threatened"

were being threatened: This phrase suggests that someone or something was in a situation where their safety, security, or well-being was at risk of harm, danger, or damage

How to use "were being threatened" in a sentence

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were being threatened
Some people we knew were being threatened by your mother.
Were being threatened and that they could no longer take things.
Political as well as social stability were being threatened.
They were being threatened by a madman with a gun.
They knew black people were being threatened.
You were being threatened.
We knew that other councillors were being threatened.
People were being threatened.
In some committees, executive staff were being threatened.
Our lives were being threatened.
The officer 's lives were not in danger and no others lives were being threatened.
Or perhaps he felt that his finances were being threatened by your impending marriage.
You were being threatened by Douglas Lydecker.
The old regimes and social codes were being threatened and destroyed.
Salmon stocks were being threatened by the presence of PCBs stored near the Birkenhead River.

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Why do you think they opposed it when they were being threatened like that?
Folks' lives were being threatened and ruined.
They demand protection . Because they were being threatened.
I wonder how many of them were being threatened by corrupt officers. Tyner was a bad apple.
Because of a case I was investigating. The kids were being threatened.
Because they were being threatened.
You were being threatened with a pistol, for God sake!
I wonder how many of them were being threatened by corrupt officers.
You were being threatened by Empress So Hyun, were not you?
You did not tell us you were being threatened by Volker.
You were being threatened by Douglas Lydecker . That 's a formidable threat.
Gonzalez said he and his family were being threatened and were fleeing crime in Juarez.
You were being threatened with a pistol, for God sake! By whom?
In Guatemala, trade unionists were being threatened.
I understand that . You were being threatened by Douglas Lydecker . That 's a formidable threat.
According to RSF more than 100 journalists were being threatened by the ETA.
The family has alleged that they were being threatened and intimidated by some unknown persons.
Uh… What woman? We were told you were being threatened by a woman.
By late 1944 the Germans were being threatened along three fronts.
In fact, by 1939, thousands of peasants in Central Luzon were being threatened with wholesale eviction.
However, all of Nicaragua 's efforts were being threatened by the effects of climate change.
Son of a bitch. - You were being threatened.

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