Sentence examples for commandeered to describe from inspiring English sources

The concept is so repellent to national sentiment that an English word has been commandeered to describe it: dumping.

Later in the book the outspoken lawyer describes a 20-day torture session he says took place in 2007 inside a guesthouse that agents had commandeered to use as a "torture chamber".

Less powerful rockets used by weather forecasters were commandeered to take the men supplies.

That stopped the show because someone had to be commandeered to carve it.

One practice was interrupted when the players were commandeered to help lay the drainage pipes.

Other buildings around the city had to be commandeered to absorb the overflow from the castle itself.

But regardless whether of chondroitin or of chitin origin, an ancient chondroitinase enzyme sequence seems to have been commandeered to catalyze the cleavage of the new hyaluronan substrate.

These "hobos at heart" (a euphemism faux hobos invoke to describe themselves) seemed to have commandeered the convention – the authentic hobos, ailing and tired, tried to sit back and appreciate the time with their family.

These "hobos at heart" (a euphemism faux hobos invoke to describe themselves) seemed to have commandeered the convention the authentic hobos, ailing and tired, tried to sit back and appreciate the time with their family.

Helicopters were unavailable, and police had to commandeer civilian boats to reach the island.

If aliens were to commandeer an animal to control, what would be the best choice?