Sentence examples for a first-rate commander from inspiring English sources

Lester's Othello looks to be a first-rate commander who eventually proves less commanding of his emotions than he or Desdemona believed him to be.

The next day he was appointed to HMS Caledonia, a first-rate commanded by Alexander Milne that served as the flagship of his father Admiral Sir David Milne who was the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

It cast General Schwarzkopf as a second-rate commander who took credit for allied successes, blamed others for his mistakes and shouted at, but did not effectively control, his field commanders as the Republican Guard slipped away.

The American military has become far more sensitive to Afghan sensibilities in the last few years, and there are some first-rate commanders on the ground who cooperate well with local Pashtun leaders.

Cumming transferred to HMS Princess Charlotte, a first-rate ship of the line commanded by Arthur Fanshawe and flagship of Robert Stopford, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, on 28 November 1840.

Gen. John Bankhead Magruder, a first-rate soldier and one of the most important and most misunderstood military commanders of the Civil War.

A FIRST-RATE MADNESS, by Nassir Ghaemi.

A first-rate piece of social reportage.

A first-rate action sequence ensues.

E is a first-rate factoid.

Mr. Fischer is a first-rate Mozart conductor.