How to Use unarmed in a Sentence

unarmed

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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
  • At the end of a chase, that officer shot Cameron, who was unarmed.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • One of the cops in question was charged in August with shooting an unarmed man in the back.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • One of the men in the Arbery case testified that the unarmed Black jogger tried to take his gun, and his life was at risk.
    — John Blake, CNN, 20 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Arbery, who was unarmed, had simply been out for a jog.
    — Jemar Tisby, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • But if the youths were unarmed during the confrontation, the chances of someone being shot is small.
    — al, 12 Nov. 2021
  • And Taylor was shot six times while unarmed inside her home.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Police said Flores was unarmed and that there were no weapons in the vehicle.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The nearly two-week delay between Neely’s death and Penny’s arrest saw civil rights protesters take to the city’s streets and subway tracks to protest the unaccounted-for killing of a poor and unarmed Black man in public.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The prosecution, in turn, said passengers’ fear of Neely was valid but that Penny did not need to use deadly physical force to address it – or subdue the unarmed Neely once everyone was off the train.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024

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