7 example sentences using gunpoint.
Gunpoint used in a sentence
Gunpoint in a sentence as a noun
" Did some thugs from FB come around signing people up at gunpoint?I don't even see what you're trying to achieve, really.
If people really wanted to steal babies, they would do so at gunpoint as well, which I've never heard of happening.
As long as they aren't being held at gunpoint and aren't actual slaves, how is this exploitation if they are happy to freely take the job?
Some people consider any taxation "robbery at gunpoint".
The house is also in a somewhat sketchy area--for example, her brother was robbed at gunpoint walking through an adjacent neighborhood at 10PM.
In 99% of the cases, sure, no harm can come from it...but it's better for Amazon to adopt a clear line on this, so that their customer reps don't f--k up on the 1 percent of requests that are actually malicious social engineering attempts* I'm not without sympathy...I was once liberated of much more expensive devices at gunpoint...and it is frustrating that the tracking capability is limited, even with a police order.
After these concerns resulted in an initial agreement so weak as to border on totally ineffective [1], their diplomats tried again [2] [3], and the states agreed but quickly demanded more limitations on federal power [4].The ideological divide between states that allowed slavery and states that did not was a crisis on slow boil for the better part of the next century, resulting in various political compromises [5] [6] but eventually leading to a major civil war [7].After the war was won by the side that favored a stronger national government, one of the side effects of the event was setting a precedent of the federal government imposing its policies on unwilling states at gunpoint [8].
Gunpoint definitions
the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
See also: point