Sentence examples for threatening himself from inspiring English sources

We in the audience, knowing that Oedipus is himself that killer, may enjoy the incongruity of a king threatening himself, but that enjoyment need not be humorous amusement.

He said he never really felt threatened himself, but noted that he wouldn't feel comfortable holding a boyfriend's hand or giving him a big smooch when the "kiss-cam" came around.

But he is not being protected, he is being threatened himself with a punishment originally designed to manage children who are out of control in their behavior and a threat to their school mates.

"Woe unto him who sat beside Fabre and who is still his dupe!" cried a deputy, clearly threatening Danton himself.

When your child is endangering himself or threatening to harm himself.

Dale called 911, reporting that his brother had a knife and was threatening to harm himself.

Later on, he started threatening to kill himself, too, and he was hospitalized again and again.

On one occasion he was brandishing a toy pistol and threatening to harm himself.

A few hours later Richard called his parents, threatening to stab himself in the head with a knife.

Mr. Wade continues to dominate newspaper headlines day after day, threatening, rebuking, defending himself and his entourage.

Subsequently, James displayed worrying behaviour including refusing to change his underwear for several weeks and threatening to kill himself.