The war was costly, and a number of cities threatened to defect to the side of the King.

While its numbers threaten other species, it is not at risk of extinction.

A number of detainees were threatened with rape, either personally or involving family members.

He named a number of prominent British business figures who he claimed had threatened to kill him.

Flowers were refused as the number threatened to overtake the small town house.

Emergency officials began to worry that the huge numbers of dead might threaten the living through disease and contaminated water supplies.

A number of countries, including a vocal group of Caribbean nations, threatened to walk out, several people who followed events said.

The large numbers of wild orchids being traded threatens some species with extinction.

At the time, some thinking people wondered how an increasing number of fat people could threaten all life on the planet.

However, 1939 saw a large number of storms threaten California.