Sentence examples for commanding than from inspiring English sources

Presidents always seem bigger and more commanding than members of Congress.

I thought he was slightly more commanding than Romney and more fluid.

Even Democrats have praised Mr. Hastert for being more commanding than people had expected.

But if the President is looking less commanding than he did ten months ago, these might be a few of the reasons: The Obama movement.

He's something much more commanding than that -- the host of his own television special -- and refractory subjects can display their disagreement only by sitting on their hands.

As a rule, it is not good to seem less commanding than a governor who just might be on his way to prison.

And, where the original staging seemed built around Bryn Terfel's commanding, larger-than-life performance in the central role of Hans Sachs, it now seems much more a rounded company achievement, one of which ENO, the target of so much unjustified and unnecessary criticism in recent weeks, can be extremely proud.

But then, she's a far less commanding character than Wolf — or, for that matter, all the morally feral creatures who sport with him in these dark woods.

But the poll suggests that Mr. Obama is in a decidedly more commanding position than Republicans on this issue as Congressional negotiations move into final stages.

Hasmik Papian looks the part of Norma, but vocally she is less a commanding presence than a respectable singer at the limits of her abilities.

Hasmik Papian looks the part of Norma, and attempts a naturalistic presentation of one of the most difficult roles in the repertory, but vocally she is less a commanding presence than a respectable singer at the limits of her abilities.