How to Use empty threat in a Sentence
empty threat
noun-
Gallego called it an empty threat.
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Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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His empty threats did little more than validate the regime’s impulse to destroy the enemy within.
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Omid Memarian,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
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Educators have argued the district’s assertions are empty threats given that staffing is already an issue.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
5 Dec. 2025
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Similarly, many exiles viewed the legislation as an empty threat because of the remote prospect of ever collecting from a bankrupt government.
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Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Experts generally view these calls for the return of Alaska as an empty threat, but caution against what the Russian nationalist sentiment signals.
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Solcyré Burga,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Coming two to four years early, the timeline of long-threaten process from MAGA loyalist Carr could prove ultimately to be an empty threat to pressure the now Josh D’Amaro run Disney.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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