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Another word for threatened

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Sentence Examples

  • Sadness threatened to overwhelm him.

  • She threatened to scratch my eyes out if I touched her.

  • She was his only relief, and the visions threatened to consume her.

  • If he had simply ignored her, she might have been able to get her emotions under control, but now a sob threatened so convincingly that she was afraid to breathe.

  • Humans should not feel threatened in any way by this, and yet it still makes some people defensive and uncomfortable.

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