Sentence examples for a rigorous command of from inspiring English sources

A percussive, demonstrative pianist, he has a rigorous command of harmony and a knack for steel-girded ornamentation.

Jon Stewart, who hosted the show from 1999 to 2015, paired a pitiless attitude toward hypocrisy and bullshit with a rigorous command of facts, which allowed him to directly address issues that mainstream media outlets, bound by norms of balance and objectivity, could only dance around.

The tenor saxophonist's yearly visits to the Vanguard are precious events: here is a musician who combines the most earthy, knowing humor with a serious, rigorous command of rhythm and harmony.

I think that was because in addition to Kaufman's comic talent, he had such a thoroughly rigorous command of stagecraft.

It was ideally suited to Nesta's style, inclination and rigorous command of English (and she also spoke Welsh).

Written and directed by the Taviani brothers, Paolo and Vittorio, the movie is in fact highly formalized, with the actors following a script both onstage and off, and the free play of their personalities confined by the rigorous command of the camera.

The company's VP of operations comes from a military background where managing multiple aircraft onsite was part of the job, and she's brought her rigorous command of multi-aircraft environments to the company.

Medicine strives to be a rigorous science.

He was a rigorous reasoner with a sure command of legal subtleties and constitutional principles and a knack for connecting them to the lives of ordinary people and the messy realities of politics and government.

He is grossly underestimated as an orator by those who presume that good grammar, rigorous logic, and a solid command of the facts are the essential ingredients of political persuasion, and that the absence of these skills indicates a lack of intelligence.

The American Embassy and military command in Kabul, in a joint statement, rebutted the report's findings, saying that officials had engaged in a "rigorous process" of reviewing and refining the infrastructure projects.