How to Use hijack in a Sentence

hijack

verb
  • A band of robbers hijacked the load of furs from the truck.
  • A group of terrorists hijacked the plane.
  • He hijacked a truck, threatening the driver at gunpoint.
  • The organization has been hijacked by radicals.
  • Years of overwork and stress had hijacked my brain.
    — Danielle Postel-Vinay, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Was the chief of staff trying to land the plane or to hijack it?
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • How could someone have hijacked the bills?
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
  • That doesn't mean that someone couldn't hijack that or touch that.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • How does tech hijack the brain's dopamine system?
    — Alicia Garceau, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Once public, it got hijacked by memesters who did their best to ramp it up overnight.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • The person the suspect hijacked the car from is among those killed.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The three of us hijacked the interview for a solid half hour.
    — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 4 Oct. 2017
  • What happens when your Facebook page is hijacked by a stranger.
    — Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
  • If the plane was hijacked, control was likely seized in the cockpit.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And how long before one of these spacecrafts is hijacked by the orbit of one of these stars?
    — Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The board would be wise not to enlist more imagery, like the phoenix, that’s been hijacked by a hate group.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Some staffers say their replies were hijacked to make a political point.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Most of these experiences are designed to be fun and not things that can be hijacked.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The thing is the lack of diversity—when these films go and hijack all the theaters.
    — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The narrative was set as the trend was hijacked, and the hoax was underway.
    — Katy Bergen, kansascity, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Hackers and scammers must be close to you to use Bluetooth to hijack your phone.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Hackers and scammers need to be close to you to use Bluetooth to hijack your phone.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Arch rivals Arsenal swept in at the last minute and hijacked the deal.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Martin Shkreli would be trying to hijack the patent from jail.
    — Andrew Goble, GQ, 18 Feb. 2018
  • He’s thrilled by the news, but the celebration is short lived when their private jet is hijacked.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There is no wireless signal to hijack, no airwaves to eavesdrop on.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Love tried to explain the feeling, but Bryant hijacked his moment once again.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The former hijacks your career.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Within a few days, pain had hijacked my mom’s entire identity.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025

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