"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She briefly closed her eyes, breathing in the scent of him, battling the tears that suddenly threatened her control.
- For Argentina, an already disastrous economic crisis is suddenly threatening to become even more calamitous.
- As the visitor turned back to face Elaine, his knee suddenly threatened to give way.
- Kate knew the emotions suddenly threatening to swamp her were out of proportion, but she didn't seem able to pull them back.
- Margaret tried to ignore the feeling of helplessness that suddenly threatened to overwhelm her.
- But when such events suddenly threaten (or spare) one's own life, questions occur, so to speak, in the first person.
- After a steady climb in the opinion polls, the race was suddenly threatening to slip away.
- Night-blind, I marched at the heart of the formation, ready to rush to any quarter suddenly threatened.
- Did he suddenly threaten to tear up oil contracts with British and French companies'.
- He glanced over at Eric once more, and found a point of focus for the anger that was suddenly threatening to boil over inside him.
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