Sentence examples for threatening step from inspiring English sources

Like Ford, he has a good eye for a break, a threatening step followed by surprising speed over the first few metres, and a wide range of passes.

The exchange, which was set up by the state under its failed deregulation plan to bring buyers and sellers of power together, said today that it was moving to seize and sell off the collateral that the utility had put up, yet another threatening step that could trigger other creditors to go to court seeking repayment of debts.

In a statement, the Treasury said its new sanctions were a response to Iran's "provocative actions," and called the country's latest rocket test a "threatening step".

New pork-barrel ties could threaten steps Mr. Abe says are needed to revitalize the economy: for example, free trade agreements to improve Japanese exporters' access to overseas markets and open up industries at home to more competition.

This year's Commission on the Status of Women got off to a rocky start, with activists decrying the proposed text of the outcome document as bland and threatening a step backwards for women's rights.

On Monday, a military general issued a statement threatening to step in if the purges didn't stop.

Instead of waiting for a transition of power to Grace Mugabe, Gen. Constantino Chiwenga, the head of the nation's military, issued a statement on Nov. 13 threatening to step in if Mugabe failed to halt purges against Mnangagwa loyalists.

The week-old conflict seemed to be at a turning point on Tuesday, with Hamas defying Arab and Western calls to cease fire and Israel threatening to step up an offensive that could include an invasion of the densely populated enclave.

If you find yourself yelling, dragging her to a step, threatening her on the step, punishing her further and simply becoming more miserable, timeouts are not going to work.

At the Security Council on March 21st, Russia shifted firmly to the side of Mr Assad's detractors, endorsing a unanimous, albeit-non-binding statement that demands a swift end to the fighting and access for humanitarian aid, threatening "further steps" if Syria fails to comply.

In a television broadcast, he said that more than 150 gunmen had also massed near the border, threatening a step-up in a week of fighting that has killed dozens of troops and rebels and drawn in three former Soviet Central Asian republics.