How to Use knifepoint in a Sentence

knifepoint

noun

• On a trip to New York, she was raped by a customer at knifepoint.
  — Bernice Yeung, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
• Police were called to the scene after Tran claimed she was robbed at knifepoint.
  — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 31 May 2018
• The most recent victim was raped at knifepoint at her home in March.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Marie said of Marc O’Leary, the man who broke into her apartment and attacked her at knifepoint.
  — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2019
• Her husband broke into her trailer, took a knife from the kitchen, held her at knifepoint, and raped her.
  — Susana Morris, Longreads, 8 Sep. 2017
• The clerk, who did not want to be identified, was held at knifepoint at a Sunoco in Cumming.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 6 Oct. 2017
• The intruder tied up Polly's friends and took her at knifepoint.
  — Courtney Testa, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Dawson in 1985 broke into a woman's home and robbed her at knifepoint.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 19 May 2017
• He was accused of trying to rob Kevin D. Robie at knifepoint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• Roger accosts Wylie in the street and holds him at knifepoint in an alley, demanding to know where Bonnet is.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2020
• The man had been holding the woman at knifepoint, according to police.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
• A 22-year-old Naperville man has been charged with robbing his grandmother at knifepoint in her Plainfield home.
  — Bill Bird, Naperville Sun, 11 July 2017
• Lovell is accused of breaking into a nearby home and holding two teenagers hostage at knifepoint for an hour.
  — James Queally, latimes.com, 8 May 2018
• Police said the same suspects also stole another car, a Honda Fit, at knifepoint in the area.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• The man wasn’t hurt, but was held at knifepoint while one of his attackers used his debit card to take more than $500 from his bank account, police said.
  — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 8 Mar. 2018
• Downs at some point was holding the woman at knifepoint, according to the Police Bureau.
  — oregonlive.com, 11 June 2019
• Capeles got into an argument with his girlfriend, took her to the basement and held her hostage at knifepoint.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Police said there have been several recent armed robberies at knifepoint in the area.
  — CBS News, 2 June 2017
• Pavageau held the couple at knifepoint, ordered them into the kitchen and demanded money.
  — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 1 Mar. 2020
• Formal charges have been filed against man accused of robbing a woman at knifepoint out St. Vincent’s East.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 22 Nov. 2019
• Four months after the homicide, Williams raped another woman in Brown Deer at knifepoint.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
• According to court documents, Hall knocked the woman to the ground and held her at knifepoint, then used her as a shield when officers arrived and drew their guns.
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
• Phoenix police are looking for two men who stole diabetic strips at knifepoint from a Phoenix CVS.
  — Conner Borgelt, azcentral, 29 Apr. 2017
• In June, an officer shot a man holding a woman hostage at knifepoint in a stairwell of a building above the Pearl District Safeway.
  — oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2020
• Miami police are searching for a man who attempted to rob a Stop and Shop at knifepoint last month wearing a skull mask.
  — Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 8 June 2017
• The singer was robbed at knifepoint last month, but still soldiered on through the rest of the weekend, strutting his now-signature pearl necklace on the Brit Awards red carpet that same Tuesday.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2020
• Troopers are looking for a bearded robber after a knifepoint holdup in Durham over the weekend, state police said.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Three males accosted a man and demanded cash at knifepoint.
  — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
• The suspect who grabbed an 18-year-old woman, holding her at knifepoint and cutting her cheek and chest on Sunday remains wanted.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 24 Apr. 2018
• In the season 13 finale, Stephanie’s held at knifepoint by an unhinged patient, and ends up setting him on fire in order to save herself and the little girl in her company.
  — TIME, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Oct 2024