Sentence examples for threatening posture from inspiring English sources

Vladimir Putin uses his favorability rating, currently in the mid-80s, to legitimize his regime, crack down on political opposition, war against Ukraine, and threatening posture toward the West.

We discriminated three degrees of intensity of aggressive interactions: (1) threatening [birds taking up a threatening posture (bill open and/or feathers bristling and/or wings/head lowered) but without observed physical contact], (2) threatening with physical contact (besides the threatening, brief physical contact took place) and (3) fight (longer and intensive physical contact).

"I haven't seen any threatening posture at all".

His build and slightly threatening posture enhance the sense of power.

This threatening posture might have made some sense in 1945, he says, but it is catastrophic today.

If a threatening posture does not succeed in driving off an enemy, many reptiles may become more aggressive.

-- television interview, 1963 "Americans need to stop protesting, marching, looting, burning, destroying, threatening, posturing and loafing.

Scattered around the space like frozen visitors, Virginie Barré has placed dressed mannequins in strangely threatening postures.

Step parents should communicate a "non-threatening" posture to the same-gender ex-spouse.

Try to maintain a non-threatening posture by looking at the ground and turning slightly to the side(predators always look a horse in the eye), keeping your arms relaxed and at your sides, avoiding sudden movements also speak softly and calmly.

All the big names and powerful forces are arrayed on various sides, posturing, threatening, offering to trade chits for chips.