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Example sentences for: commandeered

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It was sixth-century barbarians who commandeered the massive round brick pile as a fortress, using ancient statues as missiles to hurl on the heads of their enemies below.
The Nor’westers commandeered the French system of forts, depots, and canoe brigades; they inter-married with native peoples and produced new clans of so-called Métis.
One of these is the yellow clapboard Longfellow House, which was commandeered by Washington as his headquarters during the siege of Boston (see page 16).
The general says his plane had only seven minutes of fuel left when the military commandeered the control tower and cleared the commercial airliner to land.
The ships were commandeered to carry troops or become floating hospitals, and the waters around the islands were infested with German submarines.