Examples of gunpoint in a Sentence
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Cook and his team overcame a plethora of challenges that might have threatened the mission, including being robbed at gunpoint and getting lost in the rainforest.
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Ben Church, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
In March, the suspect allegedly approached three victims in Clark Park who had just completed a workout and robbed them at gunpoint, court records obtained by KHOU-11 state.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2024
You're being held at gunpoint by towering figures wearing black and holding AK-47s.
—Pamela Appea, Parents, 7 Apr. 2024
Cesari, who made posts on Instagram trying to recruit others to join the ring, also allegedly robbed a railroad car full of beer at gunpoint in Queens, New York, last April, prosecutors claim.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Two decades ago, a man shot and killed another man at his ex-girlfriend’s Broward apartment before kidnapping her at gunpoint, police say.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
The sheriff’s office said in an initial post that officers had been on the lookout for a silver Honda Civic that had been carjacked at gunpoint in nearby Dekalb County.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
The 26-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, both from Utah, were arrested in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, March 26, after taking the 3-year-old at gunpoint, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Atchison was wanted on a local warrant, accused of stealing an acquaintance’s purse at gunpoint.
—Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Ben Church, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
In March, the suspect allegedly approached three victims in Clark Park who had just completed a workout and robbed them at gunpoint, court records obtained by KHOU-11 state.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2024
You're being held at gunpoint by towering figures wearing black and holding AK-47s.
—Pamela Appea, Parents, 7 Apr. 2024
Cesari, who made posts on Instagram trying to recruit others to join the ring, also allegedly robbed a railroad car full of beer at gunpoint in Queens, New York, last April, prosecutors claim.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Two decades ago, a man shot and killed another man at his ex-girlfriend’s Broward apartment before kidnapping her at gunpoint, police say.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
The sheriff’s office said in an initial post that officers had been on the lookout for a silver Honda Civic that had been carjacked at gunpoint in nearby Dekalb County.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
The 26-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, both from Utah, were arrested in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, March 26, after taking the 3-year-old at gunpoint, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Atchison was wanted on a local warrant, accused of stealing an acquaintance’s purse at gunpoint.
—Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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