Sentence examples for threaten to commit from inspiring English sources

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On Sept. 23, 2001, President Bush included it on a list of organizations that "commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism".

In publicity crimes, extremist groups that have been without power commit, or threaten to commit, spectacular but senseless outrages against innocent people in order to gain visibility & a small amount of leverage in an indifferent world.

President Bush's Executive Order 13224 expanded the power of the Treasury's office of foreign asset control to block the property of individuals and entities that commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism.

Fairly often, women who have run away from abusive husbands, or from fathers who threaten to commit a so-called honor killing, wind up here, and the staff members find them a place in one of the city's secret women's shelters.

In Uris' version, the boat is loaded with children who go on hunger strike and then threaten to commit suicide one an hour until the British relent -- which they do, allowing the ship to triumphantly sail to Haifa.

When people threaten to commit suicide, they do it because it's probably the last option they have to get what they want.

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He then threatened to commit her to an insane asylum.

As the row got worse, Smith threatened to commit suicide.

He was a self-mutilator who often threatened to commit suicide.

Several threatened to commit suicide if their demands were not met, he said.

Mr. Yesudas is in custody on charges of threatening to commit acts of terrorism.

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