Sentence examples for and commandeered from inspiring English sources

Troops from the conflicting armies trampled their crops, pillaged their villages and commandeered their corn.

One resident said that they overran an Iraqi Army checkpoint and commandeered two tanks.

It also defaced NPR's Web site, and commandeered the Twitter accounts of "60 Minutes" and the Guardian.

She escaped from prison in 1979 after three visitors seized two guards at gunpoint and commandeered a prison van.

Tonight they're still in the "mirror universe," where Archer has led a mutiny and commandeered another ship.

The mill is now owned by South East Water, closed to the public and commandeered by a local angling club.

As a child he had wanted to be a sculptor, and commandeered his mother's kitchen as a studio.

JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos intercepted and commandeered on Tuesday a cargo vessel en route from Turkey to Egypt that was loaded with weaponry, Israeli officials said.

He drove a few blocks along East 24th Street to Avenue U, where he abandoned the Lexus and commandeered a passing car.

Russian soldiers today held blindfolded Georgian servicemen at gunpoint and commandeered US Humvees in a dramatic sequence of events in Poti, a key Black Sea port.

In the embattled city of Homs, soldiers shelled several neighborhoods after rebels attacked an army checkpoint there and commandeered a government tank, they said.