Sentence examples for commanded to drop from inspiring English sources

After sweeping past a moon-washed Seine, for instance, runners may be commanded to drop to the ground in the courtyard of the Louvre for sets of situps, to the amusement of tourists and locals alike.

Quinn ignored commands to drop it.

"He refused repeated commands to drop the gun," he said.

The police say that the man, Keith L. Scott, refused to comply with commands to drop a handgun.

"He continued to advance on uniformed officers, refusing officers' repeated commands to drop his weapon," Mr. Browne said.

In addition to those killed after opening fire, 160 people were accused of refusing commands to drop a weapon.

The student pointed the gun at Brownsville police officers who came to the scene, and he ignored numerous commands to drop it, police officials said.

Police said they believed the air rifle Crawford had picked up was a real rifle and that he did not respond to commands to drop it.

Police said they later found methamphetamine in his system, and that he refused to comply with officer commands to drop a 4in knife.

Later, the release said, homicide detectives interviewed "multiple" civilian witnesses who said Mr. Scott had ignored repeated commands to drop the gun.

The team was preparing to search a family compound when a woman wearing an ammunition belt and carrying an AK-47 pointed the rifle at team members; after ignoring several commands to drop it, she was killed, the statement said.