Sentence examples for been commanded to from inspiring English sources

But he sympathized with officers who had been commanded to shoot their fellow-citizens.

Each of her sons — 21, 19 and 14 — has been commanded to make at least one daily deposit.

As Marietta Chudakova, a historian of Russian literature and courageous public figure, puts it, "Nobody has been commanded to lie down and everyone is already on the ground".

"Trovatiara" takes place on a dock in Tripoli, where three ravishing "pirate girls" have been commanded to perform for the cruel emir, Saddam el-Djaloppy.

"I love Big Bird," Romney announced, and there would surely have been tittering and gasps if the audience hadn't been commanded to keep utterly quiet and if they hadn't proven to be so spectacularly obedient.

After the 54th had been commanded to torch a defenseless Georgia port town, an action to which Shaw had objected, the regiment distinguished itself in responding to a Confederate surprise attack at James Island, South Carolina, on July 16 , 1863

Our eyes are commanded to open.

Others were commanded to check in postage-stamp-sized purses.

Owners were commanded to take care of their weapons.

Interested parties are commanded to stop being so common at once.

Orthodox Jews are commanded to marry, but the early Christians found celibacy a high calling.