How to Use gun down in a Sentence

gun down

verb
  • At a red light, he’s gunned down by a couple of guys on a dirtbike.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
  • But the runner was gunned down at home by Heiress Brown.
    — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • At some point, O'Brien said that Gaff put the gun down to tie up her wrists.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • At some point, O'Brien said that Gaff put the gun down to tie up her wrists.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The officer had the child put the gun down on the car seat and recovered it.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Authorities say that many of the victims were gunned down in the street.
    — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Hortmans were gunned down and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park.
    — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 11 June 2026
  • An artist who made work criticizing Putin was gunned down in Poland.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
  • No mother should ever have to hear a body bag being unzipped after her child was gunned down in the street by police.
    — CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Owens, who tried to reach third, was gunned down by left fielder Brendan Brock, quelling the early threat.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • Three scavengers at the dump had been gunned down recently, and their families couldn’t afford to bury them.
    — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • At some point during his attack on her, O'Brien said that Gaff put the gun down to tie up her wrists.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • And this month, 16-year-old Eric Billups was gunned down after school while standing at a bus stop.
    — Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Charges were unsealed Tuesday after a man was gunned down outside a Gary restaurant.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • In a bid to save her life, Brown reportedly waited until Gaff put his gun down to try to escape.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • His older brother Cameron Sanders, 18, was gunned down in 2013.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Three beloved pillars of the San Diego Muslim community were gunned down in cold blood.
    — Zainab Chaudry, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2026
  • His son is also getting in on the act, after gunning down another villain in his home to protect Rainwater.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 24 May 2026
  • The conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was close to Trump and his aides, was gunned down last year at a political event.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • The man who barged into a nail salon and gunned down a 10-year-old boy during a robbery will spend the rest of his life behind bars in prison, a judge ruled Tuesday morning.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Three men were arrested Thursday for the execution-style killing of a father of four more than nine months after he was gunned down outside a Bronx smoke shop, cops said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
  • The third member of the rapping trio, Takeoff, was gunned down outside a Houston bowling alley in 2022.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Elmer said his father, a former police officer who had a car rental business in Honduras’ capital city, was gunned down after refusing to pay off a local gang.
    — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Elmer said his father, a former police officer who had a car rental business in Honduras’ capital city, was gunned down after refusing to pay off a local gang.
    — Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The shooter is there too, also deceased (gunned down by the LAPD), and an Ez4s gang member by the look of his face tattoo.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
  • The seven-time felon accused of gunning down a Chicago police officer returned to court Wednesday to enter a plea in the fatal shooting.
    — Julia Bonavita , Philip Bodinet, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • The towering moonshot took forever to land, and Anthony, who was gunned down at the plate in the bottom of the second inning, got some redemption by breaking the game open.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Her death came just hours after another woman, 31-year-old Prianna Weathers, was gunned down near a restaurant in Decatur.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • QueenEr’Re was gunned down just after sunset on New Year’s Day in the West End playground, named for the housing project that once stood there.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026

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