The hate group left a minatory threat in the form of a burning cross on the couple’s lawn.

Although the message seemed minatory, the student swore that it was joke and not a threat.

My boss’s minatory emails always seemed to be a mix of threatening and intimidating.

Looking at his wife with a minatory glance, the abusive husband threatened her into keeping quiet.

A series of minatory statements was enough to prove to the jury that some series threats had been made by the defendant.