How to Use gunpoint in a Sentence

gunpoint

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  • The two were then forced at gunpoint into the car’s trunk.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • One by one, the paintings were snatched from the walls at gunpoint.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Marzolf stopped the teens and told them to lie face down on the ground at gunpoint.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Pye kicked in the door and held Yarbrough at gunpoint, the court decision says.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • They were forced to remove their shoes at gunpoint and shot along the banks of the Danube River.
    — Miriam Porter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Sadek said about a year and a half ago he was robbed at gunpoint by a team of three robbers.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Bragg said that, as a child, he was held at gunpoint by police.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Yaakov sits on the floor, at gunpoint, as an intruder speaks to him.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The suspect, a 17-year-old Warrensville Heights boy, was ordered, at gunpoint, out of the van.
    — cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • They are being held at gunpoint by the same group that massacred their friends and loved ones.
    — Adam Sella, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Two characters are held at gunpoint, and a gun is fired once (not at a person).
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • He was captured at gunpoint on Sept. 13 in a rural part of Chester County.
    — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Police said the suspect, who was wearing a hoodie and face mask, robbed the business at gunpoint.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Three people exited the sedan and took the woman’s cell phone and bag by gunpoint, police said.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Once inside, the officers ordered her and her brother at gunpoint to get on the floor.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The victim, who had been robbed and carjacked at gunpoint, had also pointed to the old photo of her on a lineup.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But their celebration is short lived, since Ward shows up next and holds them at gunpoint ... again.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Two carjackers took the vehicle at gunpoint and fled in it, the police said.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The affidavit alleged, per the outlet, that the victim was forced into a car while at gunpoint and had her hands tied with a chord.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • At gunpoint, Momen’s daughters saw Israeli soldiers for the first time in their lives.
    — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • One group took over a television station during a live broadcast and held the staff at gunpoint.
    — Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Officers learned that a ride-share employee was robbed of his car at gunpoint.
    — Lillian Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
  • An hour and a half later, the militants stopped firing and marched everyone out at gunpoint and put them on a truck.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In 2018 a man broke into his house; Fenn’s daughter held the man at gunpoint until police arrived.
    — Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
  • In the footage, the driver can be heard yelling that her brown truck was taken at gunpoint after she is swarmed by several suspects.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • An arriving officer talked to the caller, who said they had been robbed at gunpoint.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • An hour later, a congressman from Texas was carjacked at gunpoint in the nearby Navy Yard area.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Police responded to the home and found the mother holding Sheppard at gunpoint.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Within a three week span there was a nonfatal shooting, a stabbing and a rape at gunpoint, all in the downtown Towson area.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Green fired a single shot into the air soon after the officers arrive and order him at gunpoint to listen to them, the videos show.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 8 May 2023

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