7 sentences with 'threat'
Example sentences and phrases with the word threat and other words derived from it.
• « Drugs - and all those described are drugs - pose a very serious threat not only because of their physiological effects: the psychological dependence, the panic of personality disintegration that is supposed to follow their lack, are time bombs almost as massive as the Hiroshima bomb. »
• « Mr. Martin was no longer in any doubt that his beloved department in the company was under threat. »
• « There was also the constant threat of what surviving texts call "bandits", which in this context means the same as "barbarians". »
• « Also, the threat of invasion from both rival cities and foreigners (both 'barbarians' and more organised groups) threatened to disrupt whatever stability existed. »
• « Indeed, there is a direct link between the Zoroastrian Ahriman and the Jewish and Christian figure of Satan, who was simply a dark spirit in the early books of the Torah, but who later became a distinct presence, the "nemesis" of God himself and a threat to the order of the world, if not to God. »
• « That said, as Rome's power grew to encompass all of Italy, the Carthaginians became increasingly concerned that Rome might pose a threat to their own dominance. »