Sentence examples for at gunpoint from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'at gunpoint' is correct in written English.
You can use it to indicate when someone is being forced to do something against their will due to the threat of a gun. Example: The thief demanded that the shopkeeper give him all the money in the till at gunpoint.

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at gunpoint

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Under coercion by someone with a firearm.

  • At gunpoint I was told to hand over my money.

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Interrogations at gunpoint.

It's meditation at gunpoint.

"Twilight at gunpoint?

"They have the owner inside at gunpoint".

"I was held up at gunpoint twice.

Several drivers had been robbed at gunpoint.

But no one put me at gunpoint".

People react differently at gunpoint.

Plaintiff was kidnapped at gunpoint.

Richard Charles Holcombe, 32, robbed the homeowner at gunpoint.

They rounded them up at gunpoint.

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