How to Use gunpoint in a Sentence

gunpoint

noun
  • The three men held the two at gunpoint and robbed them.
    — Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Kim got robbed at gunpoint in Paris.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And her group learned of a man whose van was stolen at gunpoint and burned.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And maybe the dude who held my mom up at gunpoint and stole her car gets caught.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
  • She and Max are held up at gunpoint on that very bad date.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The suspects took some cash at gunpoint and then fled the area.
    — Fox News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Both victims were forced at gunpoint to get on their knees.
    — Sofia Saric june 11, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • The caller said they were robbed at gunpoint.
    — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Bragg said that, as a child, he was held at gunpoint by police.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • One by one, the paintings were snatched from the walls at gunpoint.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • At one point, where we were held at gunpoint, saying our last prayers.
    — TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Marzolf stopped the teens and told them to lie face down on the ground at gunpoint.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The woman said Snow raped her at gunpoint.
    — Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Police said the victim was held at gunpoint while his home was searched.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2022
  • King was ordered at gunpoint, cuffed and put in the back of a police car.
    — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Owners were being held at gunpoint and robbed of all their day’s cash.
    — Curtis Chin, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
  • Yaakov sits on the floor, at gunpoint, as an intruder speaks to him.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Nichols forces his way into her apartment at gunpoint and binds her hands and feet.
    — CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The men then approached the group, held them at gunpoint, and stole their valuables.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • He is forced at gunpoint into a mission to pull off a daring prison break.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The film follows her on the worst day of her life as she gets fired, evicted and robbed at gunpoint.
    — Caroline Blair, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • Moïse is held at gunpoint as the room is ransacked in search of the document.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • The hockey mask wearing man had ordered him to the ground at gunpoint.
    — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The man robbed Earls at gunpoint before running away on foot.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The victim tells police that two men broke into the home and woke her up at gunpoint.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • As Onoda held him at gunpoint, the tourist swore that the war was over.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
  • Rojas was pulled over at gunpoint, handcuffed.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The same men now held Michelle and Breea at gunpoint in the living room.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The driver was forced at gunpoint back into the Brink’s truck.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026

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