Sentence examples for interpret threat from inspiring English sources
The new regulations bring the Israeli police in line with the rules of engagement for Israeli soldiers on the West Bank, who have been criticised for how they interpret "threat to life" before opening fire.
The Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire (LMSQ) is a self-report measure designed to assess the looming cognitive style, a tendency to interpret threats as rapidly approaching and increasing in magnitude.
It is assumed that this particular connection is crucial for fear extinction (Phelps et al. 2004), perceiving and interpreting threat signals (Cannistraro and Rauch 2003) and other emotional valences (Barbas et al. 2003; Gusnard et al. 2003).
The Kyrgyz government's statements were interpreted as threats to their citizenship.
Out on the campaign trail he has gotten reports of words being spoken that could be interpreted as threats about another candidate for President named Michaela Bowden.
While people struggled to make sense of the verdict, Jamie Nesbitt Golden kicked off the #dangerousblackkids hashtag on Twitter, with participants questioning a society where unarmed black kids are often interpreted as threats.
When challenges or changes arrive at my doorstep, I can interpret them as threats or as opportunities.
For individuals with GAD symptoms, systematic biases have been found in the ways these individuals interpret ambiguous events, report threat-related automatic thoughts and process threat-related information [ 16, 57].
It would be easy to interpret this as a threat, but in the context Foday uses it, he means that if you work hard you should get your reward.
The risk is that voters interpret this as a threat: if you don't vote me back, I am off.
