How to Use threatened in a Sentence

threatened

adjective
  • Grown men feel threatened and unsure, both in the workplace and outside it.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The threatened tariffs would rise to 25% in June if no deal were reached.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • There are many reasons for our brains and bodies to feel threatened, one of which is chronic stress.
    — Grant Connelly, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • This study is the first of its kind and could aid in the conservation of other threatened species.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And folks who have real beer bellies and pandemic beards won’t feel threatened at all.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
  • But the biggest short-term obstacle is an impasse over whether to list it as a threatened species.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • So when Assad seemed threatened, Iran stepped in to support him.
    — Amanda Erickson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • While these acts may leave cause for concern, the general public should not feel threatened.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 3 July 2017
  • One problem, we’re told, is that our food supply is more threatened than ever by crop disease.
    — Richard Schiffman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
  • These bogs are among the most diverse and most threatened places on the planet, according to botanists.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Making people who are already threatened in the world more threatened.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That’s because they are considered a threatened species in Texas.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Kirtland’s snake is listed as a threatened species in Illinois.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • No one knows just how far the grizzly bear, protected as a threatened species, might journey from a bear-proof world.
    — Jim Robbins John Stember, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The species was added to the added to the list of threatened and endangered species in 1967.
    — Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • On the state level, gray wolves are no longer considered a threatened or endangered species.
    — Diamy Wang, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
  • Prosecutors said the flight attendant was caught off guard and felt threatened and afraid.
    — Jason Green, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The threatened plant closure made Heinz ketchup a target of consumers even before the trade spat.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • David Blaine wouldn’t feel threatened, but seeing even this old-school hocus-pocus up close was dazzling all the same.
    — Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
  • Gray whales are far more abundant and less threatened than the right whales that are Mercer’s specialty.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Arizona's Apache trout are taken off the 'threatened' list after work by tribe, agencies.
    — Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Garg said that India should let the threatened 25% tariff take effect.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Cohen created scenes at the eatery and threatened workers, Schlaff said.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The following year, the bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened and endangered species.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Scientists may have discovered why one of the most threatened species in the world has bounced back from the brink of extinction.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Though a number of those activists have since been released, many inside the Kingdom still feel threatened.
    — Jessie Yeung and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Sustainable fishing is catching on in Abu Dhabi, with good news for threatened species.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2022
  • From the comfort of a laptop, tablet, or phone, anyone can buy body parts of threatened animals… sometimes with just a few clicks.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened or endangered species in 2007.
    — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The suspect resisted and threatened officers, who made the arrest and booked him into the main jail.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

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