menace - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • bus: Here are some of my latest articles: The menace of bendy busses Should speed limits be reduced?
  • terrorism: Both sides fully agreed on the need to combat the menace of terrorism.

Object

  • shadow: Then, the deep menacing shadow of huge cliffs swallows mine.
  • character: Without Goldfinger or some other suitably menacing character, James Bond would be deadly dull.
  • atmosphere: But in the stifling, menacing atmosphere in which Melanie finds herself there is another dark, unspoken theme.

Converse of object

  • brood: I guess there must have been an atmosphere of brooding menace, or something.
  • lurk: It was traditional in form but beneath the surface there lurked a quiet menace - as exemplified in poems such as The Horses.
  • combat: Both sides fully agreed on the need to combat the menace of terrorism.
  • tackle: What's needed is a raft of co-ordinated measures to tackle this modern menace.
  • grow: Here the gathered nobles allied themselves to fight the growing menace of the pagan Danes, the Vikings.
  • pose: Tho one is well aware of the menace posed by pedophiles, there are occasions when rules become nonsensical.

Adjective modifier

  • phantom: May 2001: " Phantom Menace " Wandsworth Guardian.
  • Nazi: Their romance is idyllic but the growing Nazi menace is about to change their lives forever.
  • alien: That's what wind turbines are: an alien menace not welcome on our shores or hills.
  • fascist: It tells the story of a competition between two shopkeepers and neighbors, until the fascist menace makes them become friends.
  • deadly: The main fraud was the notion that marihuana was a deadly menace.
  • constant: Burke was a constant menace throughout the game setting up both goals.

Noun used with modifier

  • U-boat: Churchill set up a Battle of the Atlantic committee to look for answers to the U-boat menace.

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