The judge held that the threatening situation had been self-induced.

He said "quick action" by the state police had saved her from "a threatening situation."

If you encounter a threatening or intimidating situation do not try to make your way through it.

Would the onlookers have stood by if it was a woman on her own in a threatening situation?

But a subject is in a less threatening situation than a target, someone who may expect to be charged.

One cannot close one's eyes even before a threatening situation.

Others chalked it up to a natural physiological response to a threatening situation.

This chain reaction occurs when faced with a threatening situation.

It is within the bounds of possibility this ship will be heading into a threatening situation.

Last night, he had escaped from a most threatening situation.