Sentence examples for threatening to escalate from inspiring English sources

"Violence continues, threatening to escalate to catastrophic levels," he said.

That could backfire: Many Poles wouldn't like chaotic or violent protests, and the government is threatening to escalate too.

MANAMA, Bahrain — Saudi Arabia's military rolled into Bahrain on Monday, threatening to escalate a local political conflict into a regional showdown with Iran.

But in Catalonia's case, Mr. Mas and his allies are threatening to escalate the conflict if Mr. Rajoy ignores their fiscal demands.

China has demanded the immediate release of a senior Huawei telecoms executive whose arrest is threatening to escalate into a major diplomatic incident.

The Russians, by suspending an agreement with the United States to coordinate air operations over Syria, are already implicitly threatening to escalate in Syria.

A series of loud yelps threatens to escalate into wails.

The feud briefly threatened to escalate into a broader war.

Not only is it disfiguring, but it threatens to escalate.

The affair threatened to escalate into an international legal battle between the Germans and the Japanese.

A trade dispute between the European Union and China over solar-panel imports threatened to escalate.