1 They were looking on the state they loved, seeing it trampled by the enemy, rascals making a mock of the law, their former slaves a menace, their men disfranchised, their women insulted.
2 She was thinking gratefully that Jonas Wilkerson would never again be a menace of Tara and she was thinking about Tony.
3 The ever-present menace of lawless negroes and Yankee soldiers preyed on her mind, the danger of confiscation was constantly with her, even in her dreams, and she dreaded worse terrors to come.
4 Pitty's hand trembled so that the lamp was a menace to the safety of the house but she held it and trotted ahead toward the dark bedroom.
5 The country girls were considered a menace to the social order.
6 A form stood at the brow of the mountain, on the very edge of the giddy height, with uplifted arms, in an awful attitude of menace.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 32 7 "Now, don't bother me," he repeated with desperate menace.
8 There had been no order given; the men, upon recognizing the menace, had immediately let drive their flock of bullets without waiting for word of command.
9 It was only the new game-keeper, but he had frightened Connie, he seemed to emerge with such a swift menace.
10 A terrible hollow seemed to menace him somewhere, somehow, a void, and into this void his energy would collapse.
11 The great, rambling mass of a place seemed evil to her, just a menace over her.
12 A new and most unpleasant system of menace had begun, and the intent appeared to be to do him grievous bodily harm.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed 13 The other winced as he read the menace in his eyes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze 14 The diverse forms assumed by thought in the realm of slang, even song, even raillery, even menace, all partook of this powerless and dejected character.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS 15 Yes; but that menace terrifies me.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE