Commandeered sentence example

commandeered
  • There was a time when skulls were strictly the domain of pirates, and later tough biker types, but they've been commandeered in recent times.
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  • In those early days he commandeered the kitchen, made these products with his own hands and tested them on family and friends.
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  • The military also commandeered five acres of woodland, opposite the Bakery, belonging to Newchapel House.
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  • Humberside Police then commandeered busses to take the Swans fans to Hull.
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  • One, a former Air Vise Marshal, even commandeered a helicopter.
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  • The artificers had already commandeered the upper part of the House for new sleeping quarters, away from the relative insecurity of the Beacon-house.
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  • Autonomous Cafe has successfully commandeered EDB Cafe of the University of Sussex on the 31/01/06.
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  • A number of British subjects resident in Comman- the Transvaal, in spite of their having no political status, were commandeered to suppress a native r i s i ng.
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