Sentence examples for appears threatened from inspiring English sources

Scotland's position in the union has come under strain whenever its autonomy appears threatened.

Once again, the Asian economic powerhouse appears threatened by an international financial contagion that began elsewhere.

The Chilean military's philosophy has been that it should intervene in politics only when constitutional order appears threatened.

Likud increasingly appears threatened by the center-right Blue and White party, jointly headed by the taciturn retired general Benny Gantz and former TV personality Yair Lapid.

Ironically, £150m belatedly committed by Labour to north-western electrification, to deploy cast-off southern electric units in place of diesels, appears threatened by coalition cuts, while Crossrail, at £16bn, is promoted.

(e) A person who appears threatened by involuntary repatriation to a country where the person's life or freedom would be threatened for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, or where it is more likely than not that the person would be tortured.

Never approach a strange dog, especially one that's tethered or confined, and avoid eye contact with a dog that appears threatening.

To many of us — and this is accentuated by the roiling terrorist menace from Islamic radicals — a veiled Muslim woman appears threatening.

When, in the final scene, Chief (Sampson) escapes into the horizon, Mr. Forman makes sure that the landscape appears threatening as well as liberating.

New technology comes in and appears threatening to incumbent industries at first.

What might seem acceptable writ small (realtime discussions attached to streaming video services on FriendFeed) suddenly appears threatening when viewed through the lens of Google patronage.