Her emotion, verging on another scream, threatened to overwhelm his equilibrium again.

My idol," she said, looking away as the emotion threatened to surface again.

For a moment, the emotions in the room threatened to overwhelm her.

Her own emotions threatened to rise up at the memory, just as they had that afternoon with Angie.

When those emotions rise to a certain degree and threaten to break into conscious awareness, they trigger anxiety.

His emotions threatened to choke him as he gazed lovingly at the exhausted young woman who had given him this gift.

Terry went to say something, felt the words stick in his throat as emotion threatened to overwhelm him.

Now all the emotion she had held back threatened to overwhelm her.

Her emotions were threatening to surface, a weakness she had always despised, especially in the presence of her emotionless father.

The emotions he sensed around him threatened to drive him to his knees, retching.