Which preposition to use with threat

of Occurrences 516%

But Moffat was not to be awed by the threats of the warriors.

to Occurrences 54%

It was on account of Russia that the Serbian Government was a perpetual cause of disturbance, a perpetual threat to Austria-Hungary.

against Occurrences 48%

But the evil did not stop there; for nearly all the few French-Canadian militiamen whom the more distant seigneurs had been able to get under arms deserted en masse, with many threats against any one who should try to turn them out again.

in Occurrences 32%

Light-footed, his pointed ears forward, no menace or threat in his attitude, he advanced.

into Occurrences 22%

Suddenly like thunder an angry voice shouted curses and threats into my ear!

from Occurrences 12%

Yet it was necessary for the defence to prove that, in order to prove that the plan was not drawn at Fanning's flat by Hill under threats from Birchill, but that Hill had drawn it at Riversbrook, and that he gave it to Birchill in order to induce him to consent to the proposal to break into the house.

by Occurrences 9%

They proceeded to make good their threat by capturing the important town of Dibra and driving the Servians from the neighborhood of Djakova and Prizrend.

with Occurrences 9%

He is as gay as a bridegroom, and answers all threats with a joke.

for Occurrences 8%

We were, in a measure, prepared for it, however, as the weather had been holding out threats for some time.

about Occurrences 6%

Noaks's threat about the pocket-knife revived all their former feelings of dread and uneasiness respecting their unfortunate expedition to The Hermitage, and there was a grave look upon their faces as the narrative concluded.

as Occurrences 6%

" The foreman made the threat as a bluff.

on Occurrences 6%

No murmur, no threat on your lips have place, Though ye look on the Hunger-fiend face to face; But haggard and worn ye silently bear, Dragging your death-chains with patience and prayer; With your hearts as loyal, your deeds as right, As when Plenty and Sleep blest your day and your night, Brothers and sisters!

at Occurrences 4%

He babbled vain and foolish threats at his guide.

over Occurrences 2%

If anything underhand was going on, if Henshaw was holding some threat over the girl or pursuing her with unwelcome attentions her brother, as her natural guardian, should be warned.

without Occurrences 1%

Doubtless we could have weathered the storm for one night, dancing on a flat spot to keep from freezing, and I faced the threat without feeling anything like despair; but we were hungry and wet, and the wind from the mountains was still thick with snow and bitterly cold, so of course that night would have seemed a very long one.

than Occurrences 1%

The crowd poured in, uttering fiercer threats than ever, from the belief that their prey was within their reach.

toward Occurrences 1%

His threat toward me, as well as that strange incident Fairfax had observed on the deck of the Romping Betsy, evidenced all this clearly, yet such things rather proved the man a revengeful coward instead of a desperate adventurer.

underneath Occurrences 1%

He understood the threat underneath the suave words of the storekeeper.

after Occurrences 1%

They then invited the king and his family to visit their ship, and cleverly managing to separate the willing princess from her parents and train, they sailed rapidly away, leaving the angry father to hurl equally ineffectual spears, curses, and threats after them.

beside Occurrences 1%

"What is your silly, idle threat beside the fact," she said with stinging scorn.

between Occurrences 1%

And the war threat between the three will be so plain and definite, the issues will be so lifted out of the spheres of merely personal ambition and national feeling, that I do not see why the negotiating means, the standing conference of the three, should not ultimately become the needed nucleus of the World State for which at present we search the world in vain.

behind Occurrences 1%

Such has been the influence exercised in the United States by the institution of slavery; it has forbidden authors to write, clergymen to preach, and almost individuals to think any thing that displeased it; it has invented the right of secession, in order to have at its disposal a formidable means of intimidation, and to place a threat behind each of its demands.

Which preposition to use with  threat