Want to use Threat correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like menace or somebody.

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Threat in a sentence

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Threat meaning

  1. An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
  2. An indication of potential or imminent danger.
  3. A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Example sentences (20)

The reality is that these technologies pose a much greater threat to society than the threat faced by mass violence.

But the threat to Hong Kong democracy also reflects the growing threat that China’s agenda presents to the world.

A key issue in police shootings is whether a suspect was a threat or whether an officer assessed that threat properly.

A nail biting message to the public said: "The US Pacific threat has detected a missile threat to Hawaii.

The trans community is under threat, and our support system is under threat from anti-DEI legislation.

The threat of putting AB on the exempt list in effect blackballs him from the league until such time that that threat is lifted.

The threat is not just to their corporate image, by the way, or to our moral standing as a nation – it is a threat to our security.

Lack of threat detection logic: Threat detection engines need specific logic to identify malicious or suspicious events in the cloud.

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The threat that an inverted yield posed to the economy (a threat I long ago) has now disappeared.

I think he realised that he was more of a run threat than a pass threat because of the size of him and, for us, he was a dream player.

Having additional information on the threat makes her response to that threat even more precise.

Especially a person with a gun who can act on that deadly threat with their own deadly threat.

This weekend, we're tracking not only the threat for additional showers and thunderstorms but the threat for severe weather on Saturday.

And as Canada's domestic wine and oil dispute shows, for every perceived protectionist threat, there is a counter-threat of retaliation.

If the government thinks it is a threat then they should take it as a threat,” Thackeray said.

Indeed, I am deeply worried about an old threat that is re-emerging to Israel and Jews all around the world: the threat of anti-Semitism.

This is a real threat and I urge all Guyanese, including the Government to take this threat more seriously than we appear to be taking it.

The threat to name and shame economic saboteurs has remained just that; a threat in the air.

No other information about the threat was immediately available, and IPS did not say whether anyone was in custody in connection to the threat.

China, he argued, had become an “existential” threat to Australia, being both its largest trading partner and most formidable “security threat”.

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Common combinations with threat

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the threat 68×
  • threat to 55×
  • threat of 41×
  • threat and 16×
  • threat is 14×
  • that threat
  • threat in
  • of threat
  • under threat
  • threat that

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "threat" in a sentence?
An example: "The reality is that these technologies pose a much greater threat to society than the threat faced by mass violence." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "threat" from real English texts.
What does "threat" mean?
Threat means: An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
What are synonyms of "threat"?
Common synonyms of "threat" include: menace, mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, scourge, terror. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "threat" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "threat", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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