Sentence examples for menacing character from inspiring English sources

It was this act that snared Paul Chambers, the subject of the celebrated "Twitter joke trial", who was last week cleared of sending a message of "menacing character" when he joked that he would blow up an airport.

Cooper told Lord Judge, Mr Justice Owen and Mr Justice Griffith Williams that the case turned on whether the tweet was of "menacing character" and Judge agreed, saying: "That rather is our view and that is what we have to address".

Section 66A of the Information Technology Act punishes any sender of electronic communication deemed to be "grossly offensive," of "menacing character," or "for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience".

The Independent praised Spacey's portrayal as a more "menacing" character, "hiding his rage behind Southern charm and old-fashioned courtesy," while The New Republic noted that "When Urquhart addressed the audience, it was partly in the spirit of conspiratorial fun.

It means that in future not only does a message have to be of a truly menacing character but the person who sends it has to intend it to be menacing.

The CPS decided to charge him with sending a message "of a menacing character".

In the show's first seven episodes (the season finale airs on Sunday night) viewers have met an extensive cast of menacing characters — skeevy preachers, dirty cops, pederasts, low-rent hookers, a mysterious landscaper — and witnessed their violent and often grotesque doings.

Waltz, largely, has played menacing characters, as he broke out with his Oscar-winning role in "Inglorious Basterds," just starred as an evil circus master in "Water For Elephants," and features as the evil Cardinal Richelieu in "The Three Musketeers".

Menacing characters were his forte.

The prosecutor said: "It is not alleged that he created the text and the threat, but for whatever reason he chose to retweet it and it is a message that is menacing in character".

Morgan said: "It is not alleged that he created the text and the threat, but for whatever reason he chose to retweet it and it is a message that is menacing in character".