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How to use the word gunpoint in a Sentence?

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I’ve had multiple colleagues mugged at gunpoint, i’ve had a colleague stabbed on the way to work. Countless issues of burglary.

– David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The public outcry appears to have caused the DA to reverse himself within a month, the Feb. 4 letter appears to defang the memo, which gave clear instructions to go soft on many classes of cases, including certain gunpoint robberies and other violent felonies.

– Mark Bederow

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m shocked, angry and a bit embarrassed, to be threatened at gunpoint is shocking, but I am not surprised to have been attacked given the crisis we are facing with carjackings and violence in general in our city. Increasing public safety is at the heart of why I’m running for a citywide Council seat.

– Nate Fleming

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My family car was stolen from me at gunpoint in broad daylight, in a busy public park. Obviously, it was a scary thing to have happen, but I'm extremely grateful that no one was hurt.

– Mary Gay Scanlon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

HFD was transporting a patient to the hospital when a car ran the ambulance off the road and took the ambulance at gunpoint, one firefighter was left on the side of the road.

– Houston Police

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This has been a long journey that started in Harlem. And today, that 15-year old boy who was stopped numerous times at gunpoint by the police is the Democratic nominee to be Manhattan District Attorney, we are one step closer to making history and transforming the District Attorney's office to deliver safety and justice for all.

– Alvin Bragg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Please stop that, it's illegal to stop somebody at gunpoint.

– Craig Roberts

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I support all police officers. I see good in them, but, I do not support putting a child of 10-years-old at gunpoint with no explanation. . . Does he look like hes 30? Does he look like hes 18? No.

– Jerri Hrubes

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

But, I do not support putting a child of 10-years-old at gunpoint with no explanation. . . Does he look like hes 30? Does he look like hes 18? No.

– Jerri Hrubes

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

They held the staff at gunpoint and stormed the room of Azzam Shalalda.

– Jehad Shawar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They held the staff at gunpoint and stormed the room of Shalalda.

– Jehad Shawar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Responding officers were told by a victim that his bike had been stolen at gunpoint.

– Police Commissioner William J. Bratton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Gangs of criminals are putting people on a boat, sometimes even at gunpoint, they're putting them on the road to death, really, and nothing else.

– Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

– Ronald Reagan

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14 years ago

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