Sentence examples for is commandeered by from inspiring English sources

Their map is commandeered by Major Archie Gates George Clooneyy) and they set off behind enemy lines to swipe the gleaming yellow bars.

The film is commandeered by Douglas and Brolin, whose dramatic presence muscles aside anyone young, woundable, female, or — God preserve us — green, and who survive even the foul designs foisted on them by the costume department.

And the entire scenario, envisaged by the set designer Michael Howells, who created so many unforgettable sets for John Galliano, proved that in every way London designers are bringing imagination to the runway — even when the catwalk is commandeered by the accessories.

He refuses to go back and pick up survivors after the sinking and eventually the boat is commandeered by Molly Brown.

In deaf people, he says, there is some evidence of a "sensory rearrangement", in which the auditory side of the brain is commandeered by the visual.

Is there any communication or entertainment or social format that has not yet been commandeered by the ravenous gastrimarge for his own gluttonous purpose?

It had been commandeered by firemen.

That building has now been commandeered by the Iraqi Army.

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.