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Commandeered in a sentence
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Commandeered meaning
simple past and past participle of commandeer
Using Commandeered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of commandeer
- In the example corpus, commandeered often appears in combinations such as: commandeered by, commandeered the, been commandeered.
Context around Commandeered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commandeered
- In this selection, "commandeered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, army, soldiers, ultimately, warplanes and politics stand out and add context to how "commandeered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and crops commandeered from native and dawn of commandeered politics than. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commandeered" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commandeered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The library has been commandeered as another frat house. (9 words)
And they also commandeered the unit's Penal Code book. (10 words)
They commandeered his cart and took off one of the wheels, blocking the road. (14 words)
He was 83. Gulen was a one-time ally of Erdogan but they fell out spectacularly, and Erdogan held him responsible for the 2016 attempted coup in which rogue soldiers commandeered warplanes, tanks and helicopters. (35 words)
Across the nation, localities and school systems with no history of intentional racial discrimination were commandeered by federal judges who made themselves tinhorn dictators to control every aspect of the classrooms. (31 words)
In the history of problematic appropriation in America, we could start with the land and crops commandeered from Native peoples along with the mass expropriation of the labor of the enslaved. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Several gunmen were seen paragliding across the border, and there were news reports that an Israeli military base had been commandeered by Hamas.
The camp of makeshift shelters formed after war broke out and the army commandeered the community's earlier homes at Hill 60 for strategic purposes.
The library has been commandeered as another frat house.
They commandeered his cart and took off one of the wheels, blocking the road.
Across the nation, localities and school systems with no history of intentional racial discrimination were commandeered by federal judges who made themselves tinhorn dictators to control every aspect of the classrooms.
Having hosted fine-art exhibitions, automobile fairs and equestrian shows, during the first world war the Grand Palais was commandeered as a military hospital.
He was 83. Gulen was a one-time ally of Erdogan but they fell out spectacularly, and Erdogan held him responsible for the 2016 attempted coup in which rogue soldiers commandeered warplanes, tanks and helicopters.
Yet suddenly his teenage son is being commandeered to try to get him out of a tight spot.
But cuck was ultimately commandeered by the general public and used as an insult against the far right, removing its offensiveness.
Trump, instead, commandeered the debate, trying to trip up Biden by interrupting and insulting him.
And they also commandeered the unit's Penal Code book.
As thousands opt for the latter, the lanes of the causeway quickly become commandeered by the horde, which somehow avoids getting struck by cars zooming past.
At one point, Harry commandeered and then briefly shadow-boxed a 2.5 metre-high balloon sculpture for seven-year-old Fraser Philpotts.
In the history of problematic appropriation in America, we could start with the land and crops commandeered from Native peoples along with the mass expropriation of the labor of the enslaved.
It seemed like the naval ship that was slowly being commandeered from out underneath them.
Shirley said the band’s name was inspired by a steam locomotive called the General, which was commandeered in Georgia by a Union raiding party during the Civil War.
State Trooper Kevin Flick commandeered a boat from a mother and son, Sandra and Ted Steinacker.
Actually, there could be no clearer indications of the dawn of commandeered politics than in the subjugation mood with which the operation was carried out.
In rural areas people were commandeered to go and vote whether they were Zanu or not.
Smalls commandeered a Confederate ship, turning it over to Union forces and winning freedom for himself, his crew and his family.
Common combinations with commandeered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- commandeered by 8×
- commandeered the 7×
- been commandeered 2×
- commandeered as 2×
- were commandeered 2×
- was commandeered 2×
- being commandeered 2×
- commandeered to 2×
- and commandeered 2×
- commandeered and 2×