How to Use tase in a Sentence

tase

verb
  • In one video, a man is tased while officers pin him to the ground.
    — Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • He was tased but still managed to draw his gun and get a shot off at the police.
    — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Police tased León in the back and handcuffed him.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Quinn said her hair was pulled, she was tased multiple times on her head and forced to drive.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • If was like six against one at that point, but the officers still felt the need to tase him.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2018
  • He was then tased in the back and flung to the ground in a headlock where the deputies piled on top of him.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The officer’s tased him, bringing him to the ground, the video shows.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
  • Brooks then ran away and after a faulty attempt to tase the cops, Rolfe shot him.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Brooks then ran away, and after a faulty attempt to tase the cops, Rolfe shot him.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Deputies soon unlock the cell door and tase Sutherland, who is heard yelling out in pain.
    — Madeline Holcombe, Dakin Andone and Chris Boyette, CNN, 15 May 2021
  • Slager placed a taser next to Scott's body and later claimed Scott had tried to tase him.
    — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2018
  • One of the officers tased him and took him into custody.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The deputy then managed to tase the woman, who fell face first onto the concrete, the video showed.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • In one instance, guards tased him naked as he was brought out of the cell, according to the complaint.
    — al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The officer then tased him as his mother screamed and held the man while his brother begged them not to shoot.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
  • They were punched, tackled, tased, and attacked with chemical agents that burned their eyes and skin.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The suspect was tased by police in order to subdue him, Nunez said.
    — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That only made matters worse, resulting in one adult on the floor getting tased.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • In the next 40 seconds, Fletcher tased him twice and then shot him in the chest, killing him.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The deputy again tases Cure, and the two men have their arms wrapped around each other on the side of the interstate.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Rivera climbed into Feliz’s car; threatened, beat, and tased him, and then shot him in the chest point blank.
    — Lourdes Rosado, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
  • An officer told Ambler to give him his hands or he would be tased again, according to the video.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • During the incident, one of the officers tased the man, which had no effect.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Free bird redneck Mikey Day is tased and shot as the young couple breaks up, oblivious.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Ten minutes after police arrived, Whitfield was tased and fell to the ground.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
  • But Smith says when police arrived at his home late at night, officers tased him — not the burglar.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • While being tased, Cure turns and begins walking toward the deputy and grabs the Taser wire.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The officers stopped tasing and for a moment, Rozario stood still in the kitchen, no scissors in his hand.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
  • McAlpin was punched at least 10 times and was also tased repeatedly.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • He was taken into custody after being tased.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025

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