She had a very commanding personality.
Reason itself was not repudiated; it had simply lost its commanding role inasmuch as personal insights are impervious to testing.
Wu's commanding presence — both professional, and personal — can be traced, in part, to the women in his life.
Here, commanding attention, not because of her personal accomplishments but because she is the solo offspring of America's ultimate power couple.
Vallandigham, Lincoln wrote, "was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the administration or the personal interests of the commanding general, but because he was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of the nation depends.
By this time, winds had already begun increasing and the commanding officer ordered that all equipment, personal gear, and emergency rations were to be taken into a concrete shelter.
Gabriel Rains, an officer under Magruder, had even longer and more personal experience with mines than his commanding officer, having used them during the long-running Seminole Wars in Florida.
Only military police and other security personnel are allowed to carry weapons and soldiers with personal firearms must register them with commanding officers and keep them in a locked depository.
This voice, perfect timing, and splendid gestures were worthy of David Garrick, the greatest actor of the day and a personal friend; Pitt's lean, tall, commanding figure, combined with a Roman beaky nose and hawklike eyes large and gray but turning black when he was roused overwhelmed all onlookers.
He's always commanding but the play seems to interrupt his personal journey rather than illuminate it.
