Sentence examples for needed a threat from inspiring English sources

More than anything else, they needed a threat, a player other teams have to scheme for.

We needed a threat up front and we did that.

"I think you need a threat.

To justify a $19 billion drug control program you need a threat that touches middle-class voters -- not just the few million mostly wretched, mostly inner-city, mostly nonvoting users of heroin and cocaine.

"The government needs a threat in order to justify its existence, and we are a convenient scapegoat, since most people really don't understand what we do.

NEW ORLEANS: The Saints needed a deep threat and the fast Albert Connell was brought in from Washington.

They were also confident and strong in midfield – "They bullied us," Troy Deeney admitted – and just needed an attacking threat to complement a dominant first-half performance.

"Organizations need a layered threat defense working seamlessly across the enterprise to address threats before, during and after an attack," said Eva Chen, CEO of Trend Micro in a statement.

Many of us, though, need a looming threat to finish major work.

Who needs a nuclear threat, you might ask, when you can have World Peace?

Then, along came the reëlected Putin, singlehandedly providing the NATO members with what all allies need: a common threat.