Example sentences for: hijacked

How can you use “hijacked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The first indication that the NORAD air defenders had of the second hijacked aircraft, United 175, came in a phone call from New York Center to NEADS at 9:03.

  • An inside WP story reports that the tense situation between Cuba and the U.S. over custody of that six-year-old boy was compounded when Cuba demanded that the U.S. return the crew of a fishing boat it says was hijacked out of Cuba Monday, and is now in Coast Guard custody.

  • KSM's original concept of using one of the hijacked planes to make a media statement was scrapped, but Bin Ladin considered the basic idea feasible.

  • The Post lead says the committee Republicans won a vote allowing pursuit of alleged Clinton fundraising abuses, and the White House is considering not presenting any defense whatsoever to any areas the committee has raised--because, in the words quoted from presidential spokesman Joe Lockhart, the HJC has been "hijacked by extremists."

  • Controllers track airliners such as the four aircraft hijacked on 9/11 primarily by watching the data from a signal emitted by each aircraft's transponder equipment.


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