Example Sentences

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Sheza is one of seven women who has welcomed us into a corner they have commandeered and we sit on the floor and talk.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

Sure, his stone-carved troll uncle, living under a bridge in Fremont, may have commandeered a car with California license plates and held it hostage the past 30-plus years.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Lillard may have commandeered the nickname, but he’s not the league’s most prolific shooter from logo-land.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2019

The kids I’m talking about have commandeered the stage, to let the world know — preferably in song — that it’s not easy being teen.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2019

I might have commandeered them or let them stop in the stream and rust away.

From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela