In 2010 it threatened to close but was incorporated by the county library system.

The students threatened to forcibly close the school if their demand was not met.

In higher education, the issue is rising costs, which threaten to close the college doors to the poor.

She increased the pressure, feeling the slight give as the control threatened to close.

They said management threatened to close the bakery if the workers backed a union.

He shook himself free of the dark mood which threatened to close in on him.

If the company fails to prove their safety, the commission threatened to close them.

Revenue was so low in the early 1990s that the hall threatened to close.

When darkness threatened to close in all around him, he did not resist.

The other six were threatening to close him down.