Sentence examples for cease to command from inspiring English sources

The moment we allow ourselves to be browbeaten out of having important discussions about issues that persist, we cease to command the requisite conviction to wield the pen — or to peck on a keyboard, but you get my drift.

When the emperor ceased to command respect around the 15th century, his court lost the confidence of his subjects and discontinued sittings after 1450.

Unless you rate your friends by the relative majesty of their position in the world, Artschwager won't have ceased to command, as he deserves to, your affectionate regard.

So the presenters of the station's influential evening news show, Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas – icons in the Hispanic community long after news anchors ceased to command the same respect on English-language stations – issued an on-air call to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to come to Miami and talk about what matters to the one in 10 voters who speak Spanish.

He reverted to lieutenant on ceasing to command the battery on 22 January 1919.

Doubtless, many people do think in the way the theory supposes, feeling it anomalous, for example, when an occupation that is commonly accorded a higher status than another ceases to command a higher rate of pay.

"The fluency and sensuality of his paint surfaces, and his wonderful command of light, never cease to astonish us.

Lauren Weedman is irresistible as a top chef so butch and blunt that when she chops off her finger she has someone doggie-bag it and, without ceasing to issue commands, briskly leaves for the hospital.

The Republican Party would cease to exist.

"And Pakistan would cease to exist".

Inevitable wonders eventually cease to be wondrous.