Sentence examples for commanding interest in from inspiring English sources

Even after her 100th birthday, with her commanding interest in the English language, she continued to correct the errors in grammar of family and friends.

He makes Tom wholly, defiantly detestable from the start, but that's not a bad tactic for commanding interest.

His commanding officer, Gen. Curtis LeMay, took an interest in this tinkering Briton who brought over a 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.

The commanding officer of Camp Upton in eastern Long Island took an interest in Berlin's talents and assigned him to write and produce a fundraising benefit to raise funds for a new visitors' center at the base; the show was entitled Yip, Yip, Yaphank after the Camp Upton locale in Yaphank, New York.

The complaint suggests that Mr. Corzine, the firm's chief executive and a commanding figure apart from his position at the firm, showed scant interest in regulatory issues or compliance in his rush to transform MF Global into another Goldman Sachs.

The gradual depletion of oil, uncertainties in energy supplies and a commanding requirement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have intensified worldwide interest in renewable forms of energy.

His interest in LGBT aging and history grew from his 2006 documentary, Bob and Jack's 52-Year Adventure, about an army sergeant who began an affair with his commanding officer in 1952.

Trump has proved so adept at commanding voter interest and media coverage that campaign ads are almost beside the point.

He was a commanding figure in the classroom.

They could mock commanding officers in ribald, and anonymous, prose.

He was an austere but commanding presence in their lives.