Below you will find example sentences with "threatening behaviour". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Threatening Behaviour in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: threatening
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.3 words

Words in this phrase

threatening behaviour

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • threatening can mean: present participle and gerund of threaten Frequent word
  • behaviour can mean: British standard spelling of behavior. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

aggressive and threatening behaviour 2× abusive and threatening behaviour in the 1× abusive or threatening behaviour will not 1× and using threatening behaviour 1× and using threatening behaviour with intent 1× article and threatening behaviour at the 1× assault and threatening behaviour at dundee 1× convicted of threatening behaviour 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a police scotland 1× also has convictions 1× anyone who experiences 1× charlie wheeler was 1× citizen obtaining five 1× cozacu of no 1×

Common sentence endings:

of threatening behaviour 4× and threatening behaviour 2× using threatening behaviour 2× an offensive weapon 1× and possessing cannabis 1× area last month 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

police 5× year 4× admitted 3× arrested 3× charged 3× month 3× previous 3× using 3× serious 2× count 2× old 2× man 2×

Related phrases

life threatening consumer behaviour good behaviour threatening injuries using threatening

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around threatening:

life threatening 12× threatening injuries 6× using threatening 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

threatened species threat posed threat landscape thrash metal thousands upon thousand years

Just after it in the phrase index:

threatening injuries threw down threw two throughout north throw away throwing away

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

threatening injuries

Same ending:

consumer behaviour good behaviour

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "threatening behaviour" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 22.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as aggressive and threatening behaviour, abusive and threatening behaviour in the, police, year and admitted stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with life threatening, consumer behaviour, good behaviour, life threatening, threatening injuries and using threatening, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with threatening behaviour

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Plus two more shoplifting and using threatening behaviour. (8 words)

Also has convictions for threatening behaviour and possession of an offensive weapon. (12 words)

He had previously admitted three offences – assaulting Mr Irwin, threatening behaviour and possessing cannabis. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Charlie Wheeler was expecting to end up behind bars when she attended Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court to be sentenced for fraud, theft and threatening behaviour, in breach of a previous four-month suspended sentence, in January this year. (38 words)

Pernice, who has rejected “any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour”, will not return to the show this year, and said in a statement on Instagram in June that he is “cooperating fully” with an ongoing “BBC investigation”. (38 words)

And it could be non-physical — such as threatening behaviour, humiliating or intimidating you, verbal abuse, restricting access to cash, controlling when you can leave the house or who you can speak to and spend time with. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Citizen obtaining five injunctions against individuals causing serious anti-social behaviour such as threatening behaviour and for trespassing into high-rise blocks.

Khan admitted sending communication threatening death or serious harm as well as an additional count of threatening behaviour.

Anyone who experiences threatening behaviour or is worried about their safety is being urged to contact the police.

A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed a 25-year-old man and 35-year-old woman were arrested and charged in connection to reports of abusive and threatening behaviour in the Dundee area last month.

He had previously admitted three offences – assaulting Mr Irwin, threatening behaviour and possessing cannabis.

The defendant, of Manor Road, Banbury, had no previous convictions and pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and threatening behaviour at the first opportunity.

Also has convictions for threatening behaviour and possession of an offensive weapon.

Charlie Wheeler was expecting to end up behind bars when she attended Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court to be sentenced for fraud, theft and threatening behaviour, in breach of a previous four-month suspended sentence, in January this year.

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Duke, of Sandgate Road, Folkestone, was arrested at the station and later charged with two counts of threatening behaviour.

Kunst told reporters that the man was known to law enforcement authorities and had previously been convicted of threatening behaviour.

Mr Basi said Lewlska had three previous offences on her record, including the use of threatening behaviour.

Pernice, who has rejected “any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour”, will not return to the show this year, and said in a statement on Instagram in June that he is “cooperating fully” with an ongoing “BBC investigation”.

Plus two more shoplifting and using threatening behaviour.

Police pounced after threatening behaviour by an individual on a quiet Largs street earlier this month.

She was later arrested however and the £5 top was recovered, but she was charged with and admitted one count of theft from a shop and three of using threatening behaviour.

And it could be non-physical — such as threatening behaviour, humiliating or intimidating you, verbal abuse, restricting access to cash, controlling when you can leave the house or who you can speak to and spend time with.

Cozacu, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to common assault and using threatening behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence.

Detective Superintendent Scott Moller said police allege everyone was involved in aggressive and threatening behaviour.

James Sinclair, 25, appeared from custody to hear the charges of domestically aggravated assault and threatening behaviour at Dundee Sheriff Court.

She claims police arrived at her home saying the school had accused her of “aggressive and threatening behaviour”.

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