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Meanings of threatening manner in English

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Usage of threatening manner in English
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He did not find one, and in a threatening manner, he resumed:
Serge Panine — Volume 03
2
Quent stepped forward in a threatening manner, but Roger did not move.
Treachery in Outer Space
3
Now he rose and advanced in a threatening manner upon Shif'less Sol.
The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississipp...
4
Mr. Evans here bent above his employee in a threatening manner.
The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
5
She waved the iron at me again in a threatening manner.
Tell me, pretty maiden
6
He cleared his throat in a threatening manner, and frowned terribly.
A Set of Six
7
When I declined, he continued to beg in a threatening manner.
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras / Being the Rand...
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It came on, under full sail, in a very threatening manner.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
9
The former glared sternly, grasping his club in a threatening manner.
Legends of the Rhine
10
Hetherington's choler rose, and he came upon Randall in threatening manner.
The Vigilance Committee of 1856
11
Although we were defying their orders, nobody was acting in a threatening manner.
Class of 88
12
He had met with a large leopard; the animal behaved in a threatening manner.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
13
The swan hissed at her furiously and clapped his wings in a threatening manner.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
14
He stood up, and spoke in his most threatening manner.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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Walter sprang for this, and, grasping it firmly, brandished it in a threatening manner.
Walter Sherwood's Probation
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Swords, spears, and sticks were flourished about in a most reckless and threatening manner.
Chatterbox, 1905.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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