Sentence examples for has been commandeered by from inspiring English sources

The other half of the circle has been commandeered by food trucks offering everything from pulled pork po boys to gourmet mac and cheese.

The top end of the city's famous gay strip is gleaming under floodlights and an entire car park has been commandeered by a busy film crew.

The track has been commandeered by adverts for cereal, cars and phones, as far afield as Austria and the US (where the band have just spent several weeks touring).

So before you have a breakdown, imagine getting stuck on a space bus that has been commandeered by Uzleerbian space pirates looking to harvest Cibwarvian gall bladders (a delicacy on Uzleerb).

A clinic built by the state mining company in 1992 has been commandeered by the police, who demand bribes from anyone who tries to move goods in or out of town.

The extent of the reorganization has an impact on the outcome of treatments, such as retinal or cochlear implants, which are ineffective if the visual or auditory cortex has been commandeered by other senses.

It had been commandeered by firemen.

Down below us was a wrecked BMW 7. It had been commandeered by the rebels.

Traditionally the preserve of the ensemble female comedy, this year cocktails have been commandeered by old codgers.

Another had been commandeered by a search-and-rescue team from Indiana.

That place, the tribal leaders said, had been commandeered by the Afghan Border Police.