It makes you wonder if such a threat could work on a personal level.

"He meant that if I was quicker to kill people, my threat would work better."

Clearly neither force nor threat would work in gaining the truth.

But he and I both knew also that idle threats work sometimes.

But the threat, which the Mayor's aides say remains in effect, has not worked.

But some parents believe that the threat of jail will not work in their cases.

That threat would no longer work when the dragons were gone.

The threat works, and we see Cory for the first time not in control of her circumstances.

But while economic threats worked well in past years, they are losing their credibility.

The threat of it beforehand works on the guy himself.