gunpoint

noun

gun·point ˈgən-ˌpȯint

: the muzzle of a gun

Phrases

at gunpoint

: under a threat of death by being shot

Examples of gunpoint in a Sentence

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Detectives arrested Warren again three weeks later on suspicion of robbing an elderly couple at gunpoint. —

Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 The first robbery was committed at gunpoint in Bridgeview, Illinois, in July 2023. —

Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024 In his guilty plea, Dewitt acknowledged committing a carjacking at gunpoint on March 1, 2021, taking the wheel of a 2011 Ford F-350 in Simpsonville and driving it into Louisville. —

Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024 Two men have been convicted of robbing an off-duty Secret Service agent at gunpoint after the agent had finished working at a Los Angeles fundraiser that President Joe Biden attended, prosecutors said Monday. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gunpoint