How to Use unarmed in a Sentence

unarmed

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  • Atchison was unarmed when he was shot in the face after a foot chase.
    — Nick Valencia, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
  • One of the five-year officers shot the unarmed neighbor.
    — Andrew Ford, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The female soldiers are unarmed and are screaming at the sound of the bullets and the explosions.
    — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Many of the Lakota killed at Wounded Knee were later found to be unarmed.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Taylor, a Black woman who was unarmed, was shot and killed by police at the scene.
    — The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Mason, who survived, was not the target of the search, was unarmed and was never charged with a crime.
    — Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2022
  • For this to be the case, the U.S. drone would have had to be taking direct part in hostilities, and it is known that the MQ-9 was unarmed.
    — Ashley S. Deeks, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Sure, the Russians could blow up a few apartment buildings and kill a lot of unarmed civilians.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 2 May 2023
  • The notice of claim also states that Thompson was unarmed.
    — The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2024
  • While Brayden and his mom shopped that evening, a man in his 40s entered the store unarmed and moved to the kitchenware department.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Grant was unarmed, being handcuffed and laying on his stomach when shot in the lung.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • They were dressed in civilian clothes, unarmed and unmasked.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Jackson entered the store as a customer, witnessed the fight and shot Betts, who was unarmed, police said.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Texas Rangers concluded that lethal force was not called for in the confrontation since Price was unarmed.
    — Chron, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, according to police.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Prosecutors and the two witnesses to the event claim that everyone in the group was unarmed.
    — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Police say the man forcibly took keys from an unarmed security guard, fired shots in the building and set a fire in a stairwell.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Lopez was unarmed but still attempted to rush the men and either disarm them or push them from the residence.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • As part of that plan, police officers wore light blue host uniforms and were unarmed.
    — Erika Solomon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The slow, ungainly, unarmed U-2 has soared on while faster, more agile, and more lethal aircraft have burned brightly and then flown to the Boneyard.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Used routinely during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for surveillance and airstrikes, the Reaper can be either armed or unarmed.
    — Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Then the customer — still unidentified, the mayor said — pinned the shooter to the floor, with help from another unarmed patron.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The two staffers may be a combination of one deputy and one detention deputy, but never two unarmed deputies.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Taylor, who was a Black emergency room nurse, was unarmed.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2023
  • An officer shot and killed Michael Brown, who was unarmed, during a 2014 encounter.
    — Rashad Shabazz, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
  • The Chitwoods were having none of that, however, and pulled their revolvers on the unarmed lawmen and attempted to flee.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Jackson, who was unarmed, and the four other men chased Pollard through Monroe Park, the attorney said.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But the idea that drug smugglers and unarmed migrants — as opposed to a foreign army — could trigger that clause has never been tested in court.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
  • He was accused of shooting and injuring an unarmed man.
    — Mikita Brottman, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
  • After a traffic stop turned pursuit, Walker was unarmed when police shot and killed him on June 27.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Aug. 2022

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