commanding

How To Use commanding In A Sentence

• His quiet voice was commanding and proved effective as the pair settled down.
• The commanding general wishes to talk to her himself, but it is of low priority, with the fight so close at hand.
• I support a troop's right to disobey his or her commanding officer, to desert, to subvert the system that enslaves him.
• On the ‘digital’ battlefield there is a real likelihood that brigade commanders will talk directly to sergeants or corporals commanding sections and that intermediate officers will be sidelined.
• To make a Secondary World inside which the green sun will be credible, commanding Secondary Belief, will probably require labour and thought, and will certainly demand a special skill, a kind of elvish craft. Kicking the Hobbit
• The most commanding presence is the horse chestnut tree, often a massive green tower covered with bright white lanterns. Times, Sunday Times
• Crawfish King and Hot Space attempted to challenge their unbeaten rival on the backstretch but were no match for Lost in the Fog, who was ridden out after gaining a commanding five-length lead entering the stretch.
• John Edwards says he's undaunted by John Kerry's commanding lead.
• He watched the poor wretch the commanding officer was lecturing, and looked on him with little pity.
• To be commanding in the air requires courage and technique. Times, Sunday Times