Sentence examples for shy of threatening from inspiring English sources
Pricing is just shy of threatening.
But the "amnesty" did not address the popular grievances of a very underdeveloped region, and the co-opted warlords are slowly being replaced by successors not shy about threatening to resume violent activities.
I felt kind of threatened.
The six-week fight left more than 2,000 Islamic Front fighters dead and, while the opposition was distracted, gave the regime an opportunity to manoeuvre to just shy of where it now threatens the north-east of the city.
For Jungr's dedicated following, the singer's position – just shy of the mainstream but always threatening to tip in that direction – is similarly tantalising.
The bank now fights shy of the adversarial negotiations of old, in which it threatened (not very credibly) to deny aid unless governments promised (not very convincingly) to abide by conditions such as cutting tariffs or dismantling state monopolies.
This is thought of as threatening.
Two months shy of her 90th birthday.
Zynga is not shy of cash.
I'm just shy of sixty-three.
