He looked down at the chessboard and saw the threatening position taken up by Fran's black queen.

The sword, which had a far more formidable point than any points in my repertoire, hadn't moved from its rather threatening position above me.

For particularly urgent matters, a cup of water must be poised in a threatening position above his innocently sleeping face.

It is unlikely that Russia today would take such a threatening position - but not unimaginable.

After six minutes, the game still goalless, Neymar got into a threatening position in his team's first counter-attack.

There were receivers behind Wooden, but not in a threatening position.

Dwarfs face fell into an ugly scowl, and he drew himself up into a threatening position.

Aria placed her small hand on the hilt of his sword and lowered it to a less threatening position.

Jones goes in for the tackle, misses it, and suddenly Traore's got the ball in a threatening position 25 yards out.

However, when performing a complex task in the presence of others, the cardio-vascular response is similar to that of a person in a threatening position.