How to Use at gunpoint in a Sentence

at gunpoint

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• Instead, authorities say he was robbed at gunpoint by the woman and another man.
  — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
• Two soldiers who initially seemed kind took her into the jungle, held her at gunpoint and raped her while holding her mouth shut to stifle her screams.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2026
• But white supremacists took back control of the city's multi-racial government at gunpoint, and launched a wave of violence that killed scores of Black residents.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 10 July 2026
• Harris gave the teen verbal commands at gunpoint and Eccles complied, according to GBI.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 July 2026
• The two employees were conducting seasonal fieldwork near a campground when two men, a father and son, abducted them at gunpoint, zip-tied them and led them to a remote trailer, according to officials.
  — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
• Prosecutors say the three victims, including a man who worked as a driver for Arnold, were robbed while being held at gunpoint in a Tampa apartment in February.
  — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
• The week’s biggest stories Crime, court and policing The California Forest Service says two of its workers were taken hostage and held at gunpoint in a remote trailer.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
• Prosecutors say the victims were robbed at gunpoint after traveling to the city to discuss Pooh Shiesty's recording contract with Mane's 1017 Records.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• The mother of an 11-year-old Minnesota boy who was kidnapped at gunpoint, assaulted and later killed, and another victim of a childhood abduction and assault, spoke out about trauma, healing and their advocacy work in new interviews.
  — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 17 July 2026
• Florida state prosecutors allege that in February 2026, Arnold coordinated and directed his codefendants to lure three men to an apartment where the men were robbed, beaten and held at gunpoint.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• Two Florida men have been indicted after one of them, disguised as a utility worker, robbed a local family at gunpoint and zip-tied the victims—including a 13-year-old boy—the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
• The two employees were conducting fieldwork when two armed people took them hostage at gunpoint early Thursday, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said at a news conference Friday.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 17 July 2026
• The suspect, later identified as Joseph Henrichsen, 49, allegedly zip-tied the two Forest Service members and held them at gunpoint in a trailer near Gumboot Lake, LaRue told reporters.
  — Alex Stone, ABC News, 17 July 2026