Sentence examples for commanding way from inspiring English sources

Cianfrance does, however, have a commanding way with actors, and he pushes them to the edge.

Paley didn't stride through the corridors in a commanding way or pound tables or bark orders.

'I also want you to pour the tea,' he added, in a similar commanding way.

But the Cincinnati Reds and the St . LouisCardinals had taken turns leading the division, and neither was strong enough to do it in a commanding way.

But on Wednesday, in his modest yet commanding way, without even unbuttoning the jacket of his suit, Mr. Andsnes brought out excitement, inventiveness and beauty in works by Haydn, Bartok, Debussy and Chopin.

But by 1966 in yet another revival of "Carousel," Mr. Raitt complained that there were few new roles for a romantic leading man with a commanding way about him onstage.

And I did not feel that my face was very commanding in the way his was.

But in many apartments, especially in older buildings, they have a way of commanding attention.

To meet, he was in every way the commanding presence in the room, any room.

Fu took advantage of the Londoner's lapse at the table by building a commanding lead on his way to a 2-1 andantage and ultimate victory.

Being an artist in Westchester, next to New York City, but with little in the way of commanding museum and gallery infrastructure is not easy.