"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- While American officials have periodically threatened to bring a trade complaint against Airbus, their European counterparts have threatened to complain about American actions.
- The empire was advantageous to some tribes, who were periodically threatened by other Native Americans, such as the Monacan.
- Congressmen have periodically threatened to do that, but no serious effort ever has been undertaken.
- A year after that meeting, the Administration is still negotiating, and, while it has periodically threatened sanctions, it has never invoked them.
- For this reason, human habitations in Big Sur are periodically threatened by fire.
- Steinbrenner also periodically threatened privately to sue the commissioner.
- But the political opposition had its doubts, in part because officials had also periodically threatened to change their minds about lifting the restrictions if there were a resurgence of leftist guerrilla violence.
- It would have certified Canadian unity, periodically threatened by Quebec separatists.
- It has never developed a weapons system it did not ultimately sell on the world market, and it has periodically threatened to sell its nuclear technology.
- Dr. Heagarty, who relishes a good fight, is prepared to take on anyone who would think of shutting down the hospital - something that is periodically threatened.
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