commandeer

Example Sentences

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He’s hoping to commandeer another part of their basement, one currently reserved for their cats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

The students had gone to Iguala to commandeer buses to take them to an annual protest in Mexico City.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

You took a computer at a place where you commandeer visually several screens at once, and you had also the ability to turn the TV you were watching pretty readily.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

“They can suspend laws, order evacuations, commandeer private property and impose curfews, among other powers.”

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

‘Colonel Smith,’ he called to the stiff, red face at the window, ‘this horse belongs to Lorne, the printer. Boston Observer, you know. We can commandeer him all right.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes