Sentence examples for threat raised from inspiring English sources

The governor's threat raised some eyebrows, even among his own.

Early reports of the threat raised fears of another attempted plane bombing out of Amsterdam.

This cartoonish threat raised the question of where or in which putative wars the United States would find these new inmates.

But Mr. Daschle was unaware of a "hold," or filibuster threat, raised by two Oregon senators, Ron Wyden, a Democrat, and Gordon H. Smith, a Republican.

The threat raised the prospect that The Times, a longtime champion of an unfettered press, might take the momentous step of closing one of America's most respected papers.

The Iranian leader, who had a first historic meeting with David Cameron in New York earlier this week, openly suggested that flexibility by the West in the ongoing talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions and a deal before a deadline set for November would open the way to Iran cooperating more fully in trying to confront the threat raised by the extremist groups.

But this Saudi threat raises another contradiction.

But the shutdown threat raises larger questions about divided government in the Obama era.

"Every threat raises a security issue; under such circumstances a discourse about how to establish a civil society sounds ridiculous," he said.

FRANKFURT — Defying critics and breaking ranks with its counterparts in the United States and Britain, the European Central Bank moved on Thursday to slay what some economists say they believe is an imaginary inflation threat, raising the benchmark interest rate in the euro area for the first time since 2008.

But the timing of this threat raises some curious questions.