Sentence examples for menacing stare from inspiring English sources

The phrase "menacing stare" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a look that conveys threat or intimidation. Example: "The villain approached with a menacing stare that sent shivers down her spine."

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He came back and handed Girardi the ball, then walked toward the dugout with a menacing stare.

It was the menacing stare that horrified the world; it was the flags on his jacket that began to paint the portrait of a suspected mass killer.

Behold, an official special edition Wenlock, whose menacing stare and failure to display his badge number suggest he'll fit right in on secondment to the force, especially if he goes on the sick halfway thorough the Games fortnight.

His menacing stare in response to another antagonistic interrogator on the 9/11 commission, John Lehman, seemed to brush back Mr. Lehman much as Mr. Clarke's verbal darts drove Mr. Thompson from the hearing room altogether.

"No, but I will," Gingrich snapped with the menacing stare of an aging gunfighter called upon to dispatch one more young foolish hood who thought he was faster to the draw.

Perhaps most successful was his contribution to Forest Whitaker's performance as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006); Whitaker's East African accent and use of Swahili combined with his large physical presence and chilling portrayal of Amin's menacing stare and unnerving mood changes to win him a Best Actor Oscar.

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Tired of the menacing stares in the subway, women wanted to know if they could remove their headscarves.

During a Police Board hearing after her report came out, Ms. Sanders said, 10 to 15 officers turned around in their seats in unison and focused on her with menacing stares.

It was Kylie who caused the most trouble, as she always does at Christmas, when her not-so-ex Callum started hanging round the salon, all ridiculous good looks and menacing stares.

Playing only 16 minutes in Game 1 last Saturday, Wallace was the Portland Trail Blazers' biggest asset and liability, scoring 11 points and being ejected for a menacing stare-down of the official Ron Garretson.

You can study a guy on a subway to see if he's getting ready to make some kind of move without getting into one of those menacing "stare-downs" where the guy believes that you're "dissing" him.

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