make a threat

Frequency: 8.5120.0 per million words

The most common way to say someone has threatened another.

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Examples (10)

  • It's unwise to make threats that you cannot carry out.
  • The suspect continued to make threats against the witness.
  • He was arrested for attempting to make a threat to the public official.
  • She would often make empty threats but never follow through.
  • Despite his anger, he decided not to make any threats.
  • The company received a letter making a threat of sabotage.
  • Are you really going to make that threat to your boss?
  • The child was warned not to make threats to his classmates.
  • By making a threat, he only worsened the situation.
  • The government refused to negotiate with those who make threats.