How do you use Menaced in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Menaced meaning
simple past and past participle of menace
Using Menaced
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of menace
- In the example corpus, menaced often appears in combinations such as: menaced by, and menaced, felt menaced.
Context around Menaced
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Menaced
- In this selection, "menaced" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felt, themselves, japanese, american, don and wildlife stand out and add context to how "menaced" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alford felt menaced by the and blind woman menaced by alan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "menaced" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with menaced
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two more loose dogs gyred, gamboled and menaced wildlife near Klopp Lake. (12 words)
Liz, Kristy, and Ben find themselves menaced by a serial killer called Mick Taylor. (14 words)
If you’re menaced, don’t stand your ground or have a tug-of-war. (15 words)
Smirky the Wonder Chimp: When I was 15 (currently I'm 48) a group of my fellow students found and cornered me after school, soaked me in gasoline and menaced me with matches and lighters for almost an hour and a half. (42 words)
However, as Nazi Germany swept through Western Europe and menaced the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 1940, Roosevelt decided that only he had the necessary experience and skills to see the nation safely through the Nazi threat. (40 words)
We are told that British politics is being menaced by a general lack of civility that threatens to fuel violence from all sides, and that both left and right have an equal responsibility to dial down the rhetoric. (38 words)
Example sentences (14)
Liz, Kristy, and Ben find themselves menaced by a serial killer called Mick Taylor.
Smirky the Wonder Chimp: When I was 15 (currently I'm 48) a group of my fellow students found and cornered me after school, soaked me in gasoline and menaced me with matches and lighters for almost an hour and a half.
The Essex ships served at the end of the war in the Pacific starting in 1944, at a time when scads of Japanese menaced American vessels.
Daniels testified earlier this week that while she wasn’t physically menaced, she felt a “power imbalance” as Trump, in his hotel bedroom, stood between her and the door and propositioned her.
He told the Downing Local Court on Tuesday that he did not believe that Mr Alford felt menaced by the photograph.
Then finish with “” (available for online rental), Terence Young’s adaptation of a Frederick Knott play, starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman menaced by Alan Arkin.
A group of hikers are menaced by all kinds of animals—mountain lions, bears, birds of prey and even pet dogs.
Dorian menaced a corridor of some 10 million people - and put Walt Disney World and President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in the crosshairs - as it steamed toward Florida.
We are told that British politics is being menaced by a general lack of civility that threatens to fuel violence from all sides, and that both left and right have an equal responsibility to dial down the rhetoric.
If you’re menaced, don’t stand your ground or have a tug-of-war.
Lost in fog and menaced by bone-chilling howls, the two turn around but are savagely attacked by a huge, fur-covered beast that shreds Jack and bites David.
Two more loose dogs gyred, gamboled and menaced wildlife near Klopp Lake.
His impatience brought him into conflict with other doctors and he felt menaced by them.
However, as Nazi Germany swept through Western Europe and menaced the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 1940, Roosevelt decided that only he had the necessary experience and skills to see the nation safely through the Nazi threat.
Common combinations with menaced
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- menaced by 7×
- and menaced 4×
- felt menaced 2×