How to Use unarmed in a Sentence

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• Floyd was unarmed and handcuffed when he was pinned to the ground.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin and Amir Vera, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
• An unarmed Lyoya was face down on the ground when he was shot April 4.
  — David Eggert and Mike Householder, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• Atchison was unarmed when he was shot in the face after a foot chase.
  — Nick Valencia, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
• The drones appeared to be unarmed and caused no damage.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
• One of the five-year officers shot the unarmed neighbor.
  — Andrew Ford, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
• McClain was unarmed and wearing a ski mask at the time.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• His wife then got on the phone and told the dispatcher Phounsy was unarmed.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
• Bryan, who was unarmed, heard the McMichaels trying to stop Arbery, Theodocion said.
  — Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2022
• The female soldiers are unarmed and are screaming at the sound of the bullets and the explosions.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• Many of the Lakota killed at Wounded Knee were later found to be unarmed.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, said Police Chief Stephen Mylett.
  — John Couwels, CNN, 16 July 2022
• Taylor, a Black woman who was unarmed, was shot and killed by police at the scene.
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2024
• Mason, who survived, was not the target of the search, was unarmed and was never charged with a crime.
  — Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2022
• And each case involved a shootout that killed an unarmed Black woman.
  — Russ Bynum, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
• And each involved a shootout that killed an unarmed Black woman.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
• For this to be the case, the U.S. drone would have had to be taking direct part in hostilities, and it is known that the MQ-9 was unarmed.
  — Ashley S. Deeks, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
• Sure, the Russians could blow up a few apartment buildings and kill a lot of unarmed civilians.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 2 May 2023
• The victim was able to tell the dispatcher she was being held by an unarmed man.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2024
• The notice of claim also states that Thompson was unarmed.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2024
• While Brayden and his mom shopped that evening, a man in his 40s entered the store unarmed and moved to the kitchenware department.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
• Grant was unarmed, being handcuffed and laying on his stomach when shot in the lung.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
• They were dressed in civilian clothes, unarmed and unmasked.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Jackson entered the store as a customer, witnessed the fight and shot Betts, who was unarmed, police said.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Texas Rangers concluded that lethal force was not called for in the confrontation since Price was unarmed.
  — Chron, 23 Sep. 2022
• One of the atrocities alleged in the report involved the killing of at least 13 unarmed men near the town of Bossangoa in western CAR.
  — Hannah Ritchie, CNN, 5 May 2022
• Killing an unarmed man in cold blood isn’t like killing out of necessity.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, according to police.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
• Prosecutors and the two witnesses to the event claim that everyone in the group was unarmed.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
• Police say the man forcibly took keys from an unarmed security guard, fired shots in the building and set a fire in a stairwell.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
• Young is far from the only unarmed Black woman who police have killed in recent years.
  — Kizzy Cox, Essence, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024