"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Napoleon merely threatened, but Nero would have made good his threat; and in such a case there is surely some difference between words and deeds.
- This prospect didn't merely threaten Ballmer's ambitions; it was a personal affront.
- I should be glad, I supposed, that the overcast sky merely threatened rain.
- He's merely threatening to provide what so many media Aristotles say the country needs: a change from good old reliable orthodox political-business-as-usual.
- Terrorists can spread fear either by actually attacking or by merely threatening to.
- More than merely threatening the longevity of Bolivia's government, the protesters have lent new energy to the discontent already percolating throughout the region.
- The sultan merely threatened his freedom and life.
- But whereas the creations of earlier inventors once merely threatened a village, after Hiroshima they endangered an entire world.
- They might sometimes be able to migrate to new areas, but in so doing they would merely threaten the existence of the original inhabitants.
- I merely threatened them with my penknife.
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