Sentence examples for were threatened for from inspiring English sources

Women who were threatened for wearing Western-style clothes were often forced to quit their jobs or school and retreat home, sometimes for years.

The United Nations called (Nov., 2005) for Eritrea and Ethiopia to reduce their forces along the border, and expressed concern over Ethiopia's failure to finalize the border; UN sanctions were threatened for noncompliance.

The group has 50 members, including reporters and activists who were threatened for refusing to stay quiet, people who Mr. Spector said were targeted first when the military arrived in Chihuahua in 2008.

Both countries were threatened for several decades by the Magyars and by the rise in Germany of the Saxon dynasty, which began with Henry I (the Fowler) in 918 and reached its climax with the imperial coronation of Otto I in Rome in 962.

Their stories — Wash Booker didn't have a bath in hot running water until he was nearly 10; Audrey Faye Hendricks's parents were threatened for taking part in nonviolent protest — make clear why children as young as 9 were willing to risk jail to secure equal rights.

Leading journalists were threatened for their extensive coverage of the wounded schoolgirl.

But whereas the book clubs of the past were threatening for their radical potential, book clubs are now thought of as self-involved and staid.

Fines are threatened for networks that fail to comply.

"They had been threatened for 70 years of Soviet power.

Their richness is felt to be threatened, for example by local burning.

The cute wide-eyed primates have been threatened for decades, but their situation has recently worsened.