Sentence examples for quiet threat from inspiring English sources

— For all the attention on epic flooding in the Mississippi Valley, a quiet threat has been growing here in the West where winter snows have piled up on mountain ranges throughout the region.

The Problems Doubts on Science And Engineering A quiet threat to antimissile success is the defense industry itself, which loves the huge contracts but is reeling after years of mergers and cutbacks.

Back in 2011, on a quiet threat that Twitter would leave the city and decamp for nearby Brisbane or South San Francisco, the city decided to offer a temporary exemption on it 1.5 percent payroll tax to entice companies to move into a set of very specific buildings in Mid-Market.

That's because the quiet threat of a filibuster effectively holds the public option hostage.

Quiet threats of social isolation followed, she says: dissidents were suddenly unwelcome at weddings and funerals.

But they might, instead, slowly begin bleeding money out of the Internet economy with quiet threats and expensive carrots, extracting fees and tolls wherever they can.

When I holidayed as a child, I recall that at the top of Mum's manifesto was being considerate of others, admittedly enforced with tense glares and quiet threats that still make me shiver.

The softly-spoken but determined champion, born in Bow and raised in Limerick, brought quiet menace and the threat of a dramatic finish; Saunders, the challenger, all energy and edgy aggression, had come for a night of educated boxing.

The outcome of the talks — or their breakdown — could well determine whether Washington will be able to quiet Israeli threats that it could take military action this year.

American forces have inflicted heavy casualties on Mr. Sadr's poorly trained and lightly armed followers but have not quieted their threat.

It is hard to find a good legal strategy to smoke out quiet government threats, however inappropriate they may be.