He later asserted that they had made a threatening move toward him.

But he made no threatening moves, with the knife or anything else.

The party behind closed up as darkness gathered, but made no threatening move.

That was fine, so long as nobody made any threatening moves.

Tense, ready to step away quickly if someone made a threatening move toward the glass, she looked out.

Maybe that had taught these things a lesson, because not one of them made any threatening move.

Until, and if, the snake made a threatening move, he would try to question it.

The scene still felt tense, but at least no one was making any threatening moves just yet.

But she didn't take the opportunity to make a threatening move.

He would have to provoke the humans into making a threatening move.