"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was demanding money, and when she tried to put him off, he began threatening her.
- The tradition died down after the University began threatening with expulsion any students who ran.
- Then, about a month and a half ago, Levinson said, she began threatening him.
- He said they began threatening to stay put when the captain told them the only solution was to write to Cunard.
- He began threatening to resign, and stopped attending the cabinet meetings.
- Right about this time the Vietnam War began threatening to take the boys of the graduating classes.
- The call began with the usually low-key Maffia loudly threatening physical violence.
- When the problems of the office began threatening to spoil his mood, he decided to cut the day short.
- The situation turned ugly: some callers began threatening to send me pasties.
- So longtime workers who had signed up to work began threatening not to show up.
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