quiet menace
Frequency: 5.85.9 per million words
A subtle, unspoken, or underlying threat.
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Examples (10)
- ‘Where do you think you're going?’ he said with quiet menace.
- His polite smile held a quiet menace that unsettled everyone.
- There was a quiet menace in his eyes when he spoke of the past.
- The company faced the quiet menace of a looming economic downturn.
- She sensed a quiet menace in the stranger's persistent gaze.
- Despite his calm demeanor, he exuded a quiet menace.
- The political climate carried a quiet menace of unrest.
- A quiet menace lingered in the air before the storm.
- The detective recognized the quiet menace behind the suspect's cooperation.
- His words, though soft, carried a quiet menace.