The phrase "as something threatening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a perception or interpretation of an object, situation, or behavior that induces fear or concern.
Example: "The dark clouds loomed overhead, appearing as something threatening that could unleash a storm at any moment."
Alternatives: "as a source of danger" or "as a menacing presence".
If students do not understand the reason why there is feedback in the classroom, feedback could be considered as something threatening.
Enhancing Life means for me to think about vulnerability in a way that distinguishes between vulnerability as a value of life and vulnerability as something threatening, endangering, and worth fighting against.
Many men and women just don't see a wolf-whistle or a catcall as something threatening.
NOM began airing commercials against the Varnum v. Brien ruling in the summer of 2009, casting the legalization of gay marriage as something threatening to businesses and doctors, and described parents who can't stop schools from teaching children being gay is OK.
"In a time when Syria's creative output is more accessible than ever, the west should not dismiss it as something threatening or alien.
One could perceive and interpret a Space-X rocket piercing the blue-black sky and entering the blackness of space as something threatening, but one could also see it as a gesture of 'signing' the sky and space.
As Sigmund Freud theorized, by turning something threatening into a game, we rob it of its power over us.
The sergeant swore and again shouted several times for the soldier to come back, but the soldier continued to peer toward the cluster of houses, holding his gun ready, in a challenging stance, as though there still might he something threatening there.
He adds, "* but something pertinent to L.A. is at work also: the process by which something threatening to the integrity of the culture has been accepted and revalued as essential to that culture".
A transformation, especially one that is deliberately sought, is often perceived as something disloyal, threatening.
On the other hand, Beyonce, who has sold more albums and definitely has more influence, is seen as something generally threatening to older, white Americans: a young, successful black woman who is confident in her skin and expressing her sexuality.
