He could hardly be threatened by someone from her past.
At the same time, national and even international controversy threatened the industry from the beginning.
It is now threatened, from all sides, by human activities.
He has been threatening her with photos from the days when she was fat.
This time of year, danger threatened them from all sides.
So he can't really threaten it from two directions at once, the way I did.
Sometimes their actions threaten important American interests from foreign policy to public safety.
Somebody there probably reminded him of someone threatening from his past, that was all.
The gangster was threatening him from the center of the room.
Things that might threaten the profit from this whole job if he didn't get there soon to protect his rights.