Sentence examples for threatening moves from inspiring English sources

It will also have the right to choose and direct a constituent assembly or a constitution-drafting body to produce a document spelling out the president's powers and, presumably, new rules for fresh elections to parliament.These are threatening moves, but so far at least this does not seem to be a counter-revolution.

VIOLENCE -- Some threatening moves, but this is clearly farce.

Around the time of the speech, other Administration officials made threatening moves against the press.

It also formalizes a request for a previously announced $1billion to strengthen the US military presence in Central and Eastern Europe amid Russia's threatening moves in Ukraine.

With Europe already engulfed in World War II and Japan making threatening moves in the Pacific, Roosevelt wanted to strengthen the unprepared U.S. armed forces.

We will continue to monitor military units and key facilities, as we have since March, and when we see any threatening moves towards the Libyan people, we will act in accordance with our U.N. mandate.

SINCE February, the North Korean government has followed one threatening move with another.

Last week the Greek justice minister threatened moves to confiscate German property if the issue is not resolved.

Boycotts are threatened, moves to competitors are suggested, plenty of lawsuits are thrown around.

A.Incumbents, when threatened, move upmarket; they never move down, and that is what happened here.

With Irish elections scheduled for early next year, investors worried that the opposition's threatened move could soon become reality.