Sentence examples for commanding authority. from inspiring English sources

Those voices feel real, spoken by an external, commanding authority.

But Mr. Hu lacks the commanding authority of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, or Mr. Deng.

And Ms. Orringer, writing with both granddaughterly reverence and commanding authority, has done it for him.

She delivered Rose's big songs with assured musicianship and commanding authority.

Lang has a manner of commanding authority: she is statuesque, discreetly swaggering, with a creamy, elastic mezzo-soprano.

But a sense of commanding authority comes with experience, so it will be a pleasure to watch her acquire that.

Described as a hard-line partisan deeply committed to the neoconservative ideology of former US President George W. Bush, General Craddock is a controversial commanding officer whose command authority extends to that rather euphemistically termed, "peace-keeping force," operating in Afghanistan known as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

The door is almost an abstraction of the style, drawing on some elements, stripping away others, emphasizing a commanding, classical authority.

HE was an important priest in the community and in the seminary, commanding much authority, and when he'd first brought up the idea as a way of conquering temptation, I felt it repellent, scary, preposterous.

Fourth and finally, it would need a commanding religious authority to demonstrate accountability -- after all, leadership matters.

She had such a commanding presence and authority over her words that I found very stimulating.