Threateningly is an English word with synonyms like menacingly. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Threateningly meaning
In a threatening manner.
Synonyms of Threateningly
Using Threateningly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a threatening manner.
- Useful related words include: menacingly.
Context around Threateningly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Threateningly
- In this selection, "threateningly" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, life, move, neck, pointed, ill and behind stand out and add context to how "threateningly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a poker threateningly and and acted threateningly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "threateningly" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with threateningly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He ran onto the breakwater, brandishing a poker threateningly. (9 words)
After making his dunk, Brown pulled his finger across his neck threateningly. (12 words)
Initially, Barb encourages the caller, but she stops when he responds threateningly. (12 words)
Fazalhaq Farooqi was dealt with contempt a few days ago, but on Sunday, he got the ball to move threateningly into the right-hander and sometimes holding its line to beat the outside edge. (34 words)
The pistol was old and ill kept, and the bullet had deflected off his breastbone and lodged painfully but not life threateningly behind Stuart’s left nipple. (27 words)
For people who already have a heart or lung problem, for example, experts warn this could be enough to make them life-threateningly ill. (24 words)
Example sentences (12)
Fazalhaq Farooqi was dealt with contempt a few days ago, but on Sunday, he got the ball to move threateningly into the right-hander and sometimes holding its line to beat the outside edge.
After making his dunk, Brown pulled his finger across his neck threateningly.
During the altercation, Cortinas grabbed the woman’s arm and threateningly pointed a knife at her.
Initially, Barb encourages the caller, but she stops when he responds threateningly.
They controlled the game with fresh legs, dominating possession, and closing down space threateningly.
Authorities say the attacker was later shot dead by police after he didn't respond to commands to disarm and acted threateningly.
For people who already have a heart or lung problem, for example, experts warn this could be enough to make them life-threateningly ill.
The pistol was old and ill kept, and the bullet had deflected off his breastbone and lodged painfully but not life threateningly behind Stuart’s left nipple.
The man spoke threateningly in the local esan language to the motorcyclist as if they were quarreling.
The two stand up for an altercation across the table, as Angelina threateningly picks up a bottle of wine.
He ran onto the breakwater, brandishing a poker threateningly.
When aggravated by another pigeon, it raised it wings threateningly, but passenger pigeons almost never actually fought.