Sentence examples for threatened points from inspiring English sources

Brock did have one vital advantage in that the armed vessels of the Provincial Marine controlled the lakes, and allowed him to move his reserves rapidly between threatened points.

Even if the General Walsh does not act at Birds Point, the crisis will not be over: the massive bulge of water will move inexorably downstream, threatening points south.

The skeptics, who tend to work at large established software companies like Siebel Systems, whose market dominance Salesforce threatens, point to the work of Liz Roche, an analyst at the META Group.

Trump has imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union ― and even at some points threatened to "stop trading" with the nation's closest allies. .

The recent closures and threatened closures point to an ominous new trend.

But Russia, which regards the system as a threat to its security, has objected strenuously — so much so that President Vladimir V. Putin has threatened to point missiles at Eastern Europe.

Missile defense has flavored Mr. Obama's relationship with Russia from the day after his election, when Mr. Medvedev threatened to point missiles at Europe if the system proceeded.

There were signs of effort before the season started that managed to stave off a threatened four-point deduction, but until Sunday evening, Sharp was still threatening Supreme Court action.

He also threatened to point his nuclear missiles at Ukraine, should it join Poland and the Czech Republic (already on his hit list) in helping America deploy missile-defences in Europe.

In fact, surface water quality is threatened by point source pollution including municipal sewage discharges, industrial wastewater loads and nonpoint source pollution from agriculture (Igbinosa and Okoh 2009; Wua and Chen 2013).

At one point, Holmes threatened to stop responding unless he was asked questions about this year's team.