Sentence examples for threatening stance from inspiring English sources

The writer complained that employers now have a preference for bilingual applicants, and bemoaned "attempts to replace our threatening stance against discrimination with a Hispanic vote".

Rather than telling an explicit story, Marshall used everyday movements and gestures — a caress, an embrace, a threatening stance — in ways that took them out of the literal and into the archetypal.

As this quiet power struggle became more overt in the spring, Mr Morsi responded not by seeking allies in civic Egypt, but by adopting a threatening stance, appealing to his Islamist base with tougher rhetoric.This was a major miscalculation.

In view of Mr. Tsipras's refusal to join a coalition – which Mr. Venizelos described as "an antidemocratic, threatening" stance – he accused Mr. Tsipras of "trying to create the conditions for the failure of the government, the failure of the country".

At one point, Mr. Litman took a threatening stance, arms folded and chin back, and asked, "Did you stand like this in front of him?" Mr. Legan replied, "Sometimes".

Standing in the witness box, Mr. Winkler imitated Mr. Legan's threatening stance when he confronted him in a jail hallway, saying "I hear you're a big-time Wall Street crook," and then added, "You're going to help me because I need $25,000 in bail".

The exercise provides opportunities for individuals to reflect the way in which we become locked in to unconstructive policies or career threatening stances — as well as prompting exploration of alternatives.

After many months of threatening stances from U.S. Attorney General and noted weed-hater Jeff Sessions, a group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed to guard states' legal cannabis industries for good.

Rubin, whose influence remained enormous among the new Obama appointees, left Treasury to join Citigroup, a mega-bank that took on ever-riskier, life-threatening stances during his tenure while he managed to snare $126 million in cash and stock.

The legal and public-relations team representing Jones has taken an aggressive public stance, threatening to sue if she is barred from the Olympics on any evidence short of a failed drug test.

Movius advised officers responding to calls with an autistic person to speak slowly and assume a non-threatening stance.