"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

threaten verbo

threaten + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 123
threaten action • threaten security • threaten one's life • threaten people • threaten the stability • threaten species • threaten violence • ...
verbo + threaten
Kolokacji: 14
threaten after rejecting • begin threatening • keep threatening • continue to threaten • stop threatening • ...
(3) seem, look
Kolokacji: 3
1. seem to threaten = wydawaj się grozić seem to threaten
2. seem threatening = wyglądaj na groźny seem threatening
3. look threatening = wyglądaj groźny look threatening
  • It didn't seem likely, considering that he was simply sitting there and not looking particularly threatening.
  • It also meant the veteran could look forward to a release from the dangers threatening him only through death or serious wound.
  • The lightning faded, and the banks of clouds began to look less solidly threatening.
  • They looked threatening to Kabe, especially in this ruddy glow.
  • Listeners are invited to picnic under the trees on their own blankets or chairs, but they should call 232-955 if the weather looks threatening.
  • But they didn't need delays just because someone decided they looked threatening as a group.
  • There were no lights on the streets and every dark figure out in them looked threatening.
  • Trees might actually look threatening to some Alzheimer's patients.
  • Call the museum at 232-9555 if the weather looks threatening.
  • Even from a distance he looked threatening in a divine kind of way.
threaten + preposición
Kolokacji: 24
threatened by • threaten with • threaten to • threaten against • threaten in • ...
threaten + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 52
seriously threaten • repeatedly threatened • once threaten • directly threaten • constantly threaten • ...

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