"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The sky threatened rain any minute, and the hour was six-twenty-almost closing time.
- The day had turned dark and gusty beneath a sky that threatened rain.
- So he found himself on horseback again, riding off into a day that threatened rain.
- The sky threatened rain and it had become suddenly dark.
- About 30 cars and their owners showed up, just one-third of the club's best attendance, but well above average for a night that threatens rain.
- The skies threatened rain during the day but none fell.
- The weather, which had threatened rain over the weekend, stayed clear and the materials, for the most part, arrived on time.
- The low sky threatened rain, but he was more worried about the stiff headwind from the east.
- The sky threatened rain for the night, probably another steam-bath fog tomorrow.
- The chill, leaden skies threatened rain, but it never quite made up its mind to fall.
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