Sentence examples for am commanded from inspiring English sources
noun
An order to do something.
- I was given a command to cease shooting.
"I'm a believer in Jesus Christ, and I am commanded by him to go and tell everybody who he is," he said.
I am commanded to do my part on the occasional Sunday morning at 8. The doctor's office is quiet, save for the techie who sings show tunes while I'm doing what must be done.
Sir Edward Grey, addressing the delegates in French after the treaty had been signed, said : "I am commanded by his Majesty the King to express the great satisfaction which the signature of this treaty of peace, which you have just concluded in his Palace of St. James', will give his Majesty".
"I am commanded to convey to you the congratulations of the King upon tomorrow's celebration both of the centenary of the Manchester Guardian and of the completion of your fifty years' association with the paper, which, under your courageous guidance, has secured for itself a position of such eminence and esteem in the world of journalism".
Suddenly there's a ringing in my ears, or rather a beeping, and I am commanded to do things: "Pick up a loaf of seven-grain bread on your way home".
As a Christian, I am commanded to forgive, "seventy times seven" if that's what it takes.
Our eyes are commanded to open.
As if this was commanded.
The precinct was commanded by Capt.
Instead, that army was commanded by Lieut.
