Sentence examples for commanding notion from inspiring English sources

Start with no more than a commanding notion of the sheer interesting-ness of the subject, especially in view of the unprecedented changes in the consciousness of many women in these past decades, and a resolve to stay open to whim and opportunity... Sample, explore, revisit, choose, arrange, without claiming to have brought to the page a representative miscellany..

I learned what touring musicians have been saying for years: that lesser-known orchestras can deliver sure-footed, commanding performances, and that the notion of a stratospheric orchestral élite is something of an illusion.

Strategy originally was a military term -- the notion of using crippling force to deliver commanding victories.

Fair, commanding, but friendly.

His commanding officer, Capt.

Mr. Higgins's performance registers the notion of a man who papered over his hazy notions of his own identity with borrowed gestures but it seldom conveys the commanding spirit and drive of a champion who mesmerized fans.

Their commanding officer.

The commanding general, Maj.

He was tall, commanding, humorless.

A commanding and oppressive absence".

He lacks a commanding presence.