How to Use threat in a Sentence

threat

noun
  • She ignored their threats and continued to do what she felt was right.
  • He was willing to use violence and threats to get what he wanted.
  • But the group, the mass, is a threat.
    — Rebecca Van Laer september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • No threat to life here on Earth.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Chiefs’ threat on the ground feels back.
    — Pete Sweeney june 11, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • The real threat is not among us.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The real threat among us is not among us.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Their biggest threat is to crops.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Staying aware of threats helps too.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Some have even received death threats.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Davis stressed there’s no threat to the public.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Trump later dropped that threat.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
  • People talked about death threats, all kinds of things.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Snider left but returned and made threats against staff.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Todd Nepola made good on his threat.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Police said the threat was linked to a fire in the north of the city.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The new threat from Moscow raised fears in the city.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 28 May 2026
  • But the Cougars turned a double play to end the threat.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Certainly not a top half or a top tier threat in any way.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The threat window is ten to fifteen years.
    — Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • There is no threat to public safety.
    — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Sale, 37, passed the eye test even while fending off threats.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But so far, the results haven't lined up with Selig's stern threats.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • To a 14-year-old child, that seems like a very real threat.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The main threats from the storm are a tornado and ping pong ball-sized hail.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • The Sox know a little bit about making threats too.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The pest does not pose a threat to humans or animals.
    — Lizzie Kane june 18, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • Guardiola is aware of the threat posed by a team playing on the break.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But carpenter bees are no threat to people or pets.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Some threats still exist on the Hoosier landscape.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025

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