How to Use pistol-whip in a Sentence
pistol-whip
verb
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The victim was run off the road, beaten, pistol-whipped and shot multiple times.
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Sean Emery,
Orange County Register,
28 Oct. 2024
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But the man showed a reporter the lacerations and described how men pistol-whipped and beat him.
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Arelis R. Hernández,
Washington Post,
11 Mar. 2023
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Mathis was pistol-whipped and then forced inside a bathroom with his wife and a neighbor while the thieves ransacked the home and set part of it alight.
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Greg Moran,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2023
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In May, 58-year-old Hernaza Jenkins, was pistol-whipped and fatally shot in the same block.
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Isabella Volmert,
Dallas News,
16 Apr. 2023
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They were pistol-whipped, cut with knives, shocked with stun guns, made to kneel for mock executions.
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James Verini Paolo Pellegrin,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2023
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The victim told police he was pistol-whipped and his SUV was taken by the attackers.
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Chris Ramirez,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2024
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The intruders tied up and pistol-whipped some of the home’s occupants before stealing a gun, a Rolex and one man’s passport.
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Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Oct. 2023
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He himself had once been addicted to heroin, slept at bus stops and been pistol-whipped by drug dealers.
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Jessica Gallagher,
New York Times,
3 June 2024
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Prosecutors said that about two weeks before the shooting Simpkins was robbed and pistol-whipped at a gas station.
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Allie Kelly,
Dallas News,
24 July 2023
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During the argument, the third man reportedly pulled a knife and stabbed Brenton McVay, who in turn pulled out a handgun and began to pistol-whip the third man.
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Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com,
al,
26 Jan. 2023
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The defendants burst into Jackson’s bedroom and confronted him in a shower, where the 15-year-old boy pistol-whipped the rapper and shot him three times in the back, according to testimony.
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Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2023
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During a struggle, one attacker, who was 15, pistol-whipped the rapper and shot him three times in the back, according to court testimony cited by the Los Angeles Times.
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CBS News,
7 Apr. 2023
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Video showing Valerio pistol-whipping the robber and shooting him in the stomach also shows what took place in the minute and a half between the time two young men walked into a liquor store and when one of them lay bleeding on the sidewalk outside.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2024
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Listen to this article A Meriden man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for committing an armed robbery spree in 2021 that sometimes turned violent and led to victims being pistol-whipped in the head.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2024
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The suspects, who were not immediately identified by police, used guns and knives to pistol-whip, threaten and rob people and flee with their possessions, police said.
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Michael Cabanatuan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2023
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After a Texas woman was tied up, robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped in her Dallas home in late September, multiple Venezuelan men have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
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Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
8 Oct. 2024
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Related Moments after the discussion of Joel’s suicide attempt, the two finally cross paths with the Fireflies, who don’t initially recognize them and pistol-whip Joel into unconsciousness.
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2023
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Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
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Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2024
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