Sentence examples for command demeanor from inspiring English sources

Robert Dudley, the top BP official handling the spill response, said that he was impressed not only with Dr. Chu's technical virtuosity, but his command demeanor.

Yet on Tuesday (the run ends Sunday afternoon) there was time to admire Mr. Boal's solos with their amazing speed, coruscating leg beats and space-devouring leaps as well as his impetuously commanding demeanor.

Adopt a calm and "in control" demeanor.

He commands an intellectual demeanor with his trim white beard, stoic features and articulated in a cool tongue that is almost frightening.

His performances, his jovial demeanor, and his command of Japanese made him a star in Japan.

While Eisenhower and Marshall both knew Patton to be a superb and aggressive corps-level combat commander, Bradley possessed two of the traits Patton conspicuously lacked that a theater-level strategic command required: a calm, reasoned demeanor and a meticulously consistent nature.

Despite his no-nonsense demeanor, those he commanded later recalled his ability to keep morale with his sense of humor.

Heilemann and Halperin strengthen the lights and shadows by remarking a contrast between McCain's apathetic demeanor and the perfect command exhibited on this occasion by Barack Obama.

Your statement that John Kerry "often seemed to be more in command of his brief, more confident in demeanor" contradicts the impression made by the front-page photograph in which he sits round-shouldered and looking slightly forlorn, while President Bush takes command of the physical space as he strides out to meet the audience.

My comfortable demeanor gives me the ability to command taxing situations while encouraging a sensible, composed atmosphere.

But Mr. Schwartz gave Mrs. Clinton high marks for her "command of the facts" and her "comfortable and professional" demeanor.