Sentence examples for then commandeered from inspiring English sources

The Post reported that the king's staff then "commandeered" the V.I.P. floor at the hospital.

The culprit ran from the bank, scurried around in the street momentarily, and then commandeered a passing taxi van.

Some of the group then commandeered two army vehicles, one of which penetrated a mile into Israel before it was destroyed by the Israelis.

Yet Tosh banged heads with his friend and then label boss Keith Richards, whose mountaintop Ocho Rios home Tosh first visited, then commandeered.

Clarke then commandeered a second taxi — a shiny new Peugeot with impeccable tires — into which we bundled ourselves, along with an elaborate picnic that had been prepared by Hector's fiancée.

The midday assault came more than 24 hours after a militant group, which the Algerians said had ties to jihadis in the region, ambushed a bus carrying gas-field workers to a nearby airport and then commandeered the compound.

The album's oddest song, "Paper Tiger," starts as subdued early 1970's funk, with a string section that initially answers Beck's voice but then commandeers the song.

The men planned to attack an arsenal facility in downtown Charleston on 14 July 1822, seize weapons, then commandeer ships and sail to Haiti, where slaves had overthrown French colonialists two decades earlier.

On foot, terrorists would have to get past armed guards and concertina wire, then commandeer the plant's custom-built crane to lift off the enormous 10-ton lid.

Homer and Bart arrive in Atlanta to finish the shipment on time, and then commandeer a train full of napalm to Springfield.

Then they commandeered the necessary materials and a marker pen to create bright placards bearing slogans about Sir Philip and his tax responsibilities – material too libellous to repeat here.