Sentence examples for first threatens from inspiring English sources

The first threatens to be so particular as to lose all interest, whereas the second threatens to be so general as to lose all empirical relevance to real historical processes.

Synaptic noise first threatens the fidelity of visual signaling at the synapse between rods and RBCs.

For it was Blair who, when the dictator Mubarak was first threatened by Egypt's revolution, described the threatened despot as "immensely courageous and a force for good".

Obama first threatened to veto the bill and then capitulated.

David Nightingale '08, left, and Michael Maag '09 first threatened the four-minute mark in 2007.

And he at first threatened to resign over the mayor's idea for vouchers.

When Norma's boyfriend first threatened to release her photographs, she went to the police.

That was first threatened in December by Ecowas, the west African regional bloc of 16 nations.

Those who had first threatened to oust the regime were in danger of being completely overrun.

Western chiefs at first threatened to set up a breakaway state, but have since proposed their own man as president.

With O'Sullivan – who first threatened to retire aged 18 – talk of the future is never far away.