Sentence examples for commanding height from inspiring English sources

"They are not at a commanding height in these controversial decisions.

As he grew to his full commanding height, a dignified and humorous self-confidence became Bygraves's hallmark.

The region, which was formally annexed in 1981, does have strategic advantages — most notably its commanding height, which allows the Israeli military to peer into Syria.

I am four inches shorter, swallowed up by a low, deep armchair, with the result that Reeve peers down at me from a commanding height as he speaks.

Old scores are settled, illustrious names are dropped from a commanding height and long-forgotten TV programmes re-examined in exhaustive (and often exhausting) detail.

Tanks and artillery were said to be pounding die-hard supporters of President Hassani barricaded in isolated parts of the old city of Aden, including the Crater district, so-named because it is a commanding height of volcanic lava.

Who will first scale the commanding heights of technological supremacy?

The commanding heights of India's economy (power production most notably) are still largely state run.

But fewer than half of state companies occupy these commanding heights.

Only the "commanding heights" of the economy remained in government hands.

In the commanding heights of culture, Christianity punches way below its weight.