The rumours of plots had been rumbling for months, but there was no sign of an attack, other than a couple of minatory articles in left-wing magazines.
The minatory prophecies which announce calamities may or may not be fulfilled.
She noticed the neglected timber of the house, the weedy gravel and the minatory notices which guarded the bounds.
It opens with a minatory statement from the brass, countered by lyrical melodies in the woodwind (especially clarinets) and strings.
I thought that towards the end of his speech he adopted a rather minatory attitude towards me, but that was probably for rhetorical purposes.
I do not understand how it can be both empty and minatory at the same time.
No, he would not, because he wanted this minatory finger to be pointed to the designated authority.
The tenant being a minatory person may pay no particular attention to that.