Sentence examples for be commanding from inspiring English sources
noun
An order to do something.
- I was given a command to cease shooting.
During this period, Major Frost was introduced to Commander F. N. Cook of the Royal Australian Navy who would be commanding the naval force intended to evacuate the company at the completion of the raid, as well as to the detachment of thirty-two officers and men from No. 12 Commando who would arrive in the landing craft and cover the company as it withdrew from the beach.
The sound systems can be commanding.
These splits should by now be commanding the attention of bigger oil groups.
If you make partner in a firm you could be commanding more than £70,000.
I want these people to understand who is going to be commanding them.
In a sport where the difference can often be measured in hundredths of points, Ivankov can be commanding.
Her personality was commanding.
Before retiring in 1950, he was commanding.
At the summit are commanding vistas.
