We found 24 examples of how to use threshold in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 24 of 24.
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| 1. | The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! | |
| 2. | When the input exceeds a certain threshold, an output signal is instantaneously released. | |
| 3. | His pain exceeded every threshold. | |
| 4. | In a few seconds I would have overcome the desperation threshold. | |
| 5. | Tom has a high threshold for pain. | |
| 6. | Vampires cannot cross the threshold of a house without having been invited. | |
| 7. | The threshold of a door is akin to the sill of a window, but it is exactly the same as the sill of a door. | |
| 8. | Tom carried Mary across the threshold. | |
| 9. | Tom picked Mary up the same way a man carries his new bride across the threshold and gave her a kiss on the cheek. | |
| 10. | Tom wanted to carry Mary over the threshold. | |
| 11. | I have a low threshold for pain. | |
| 12. | When the prince stepped over the threshold he caught sight of a maiden of wonderful beauty, with brown eyes and fair curly hair. | |
| 13. | You start getting diminishing returns once you reach a certain threshold. | |
| 14. | I have a high threshold for pain. | |
| 15. | Here, by the goddess and her gifts renowned, / Sidonian Dido built a stately shrine. / All brazen rose the threshold; brass was round / the door-posts; brazen doors on grating hinges sound. | |
| 16. | Just on the threshold of the porch, behold / fierce Pyrrhus stands, in glittering brass bedight. | |
| 17. | These eyes saw Pyrrhus, rioting in blood, / saw on the threshold the Atridae twain. | |
| 18. | Gaza has passed the unlivability threshold. | |
| 19. | If there is an earthquake, stand on the threshold of your room. | |
| 20. | My nerves are fairly proof, Watson, but I must confess to a start when I saw the very man who had been so much in my thoughts standing there on my threshold. | |
| 21. | On opening the door, they found the bridegroom lying across the threshold, dreadfully wounded, and streaming with blood. | |
| 22. | When he had succeeded in opening the door, the body of the bridegroom was found lying on the threshold of the bridal chamber, and all around was flooded with blood. | |
| 23. | Tom stepped over the threshold. | |
| 24. | He has never crossed the threshold of my house. |