Sentence examples for an explicit threat from inspiring English sources

No one made an explicit threat of eviction, but Silva suspected it lurked behind the offer.

Seeking similarly to blame France, he added: "We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto, the vote-counting became a secondary consideration".

If nothing else, argue the Poles, an explicit threat would strengthen Europe's negotiating hand.Telephone diplomacyThe doves, led by Germany, take the opposite view.

But Mr León adds that there was "an explicit threat" in the president's message to the electorate: "without Chávez there will be war".

… By making such an explicit threat to North Korea, on camera, the President also invested his own personal prestige into the center of the crisis.

None of this iniquity requires anything as vulgar as an overt promise to those who donate (or an explicit threat to those who do not).

Among the allegations of physical and verbal abuse outlined in the statement released by attorney David Cornwell, an unnamed Dolphins player is said to have made a sexually explicit threat involving Martin's sister.

Of course, not all ad campaigns take the same approach, but the Antar campaign in particular takes a very explicit "threat to the public good" approach that is analogous to environmental campaigns focused on dire messages.

But there's a more explicit threat of disruption to the government's plans if Labour's calls for changes are not heeded.

But there's a more explicit threat of disruption to the government's plans if Labour's calls for changes are not heeded.

Many of America's 500 or so art houses, for instance, are located away from shopping malls; mall operators initially objected to the showing of a film under explicit threat.