There is a cunning control of suspense.
Busoni's Mephistopheles is cunning, edgy, commanding: a character-tenor with heft.
The musical owes a lot of its twinkle to the cunning and the command of its agile director, Jack O'Brien, who has had hits in recent years with "The Full Monty" and "Hairspray".
It is widely suspected of trying, with all the intelligence, technology, and cunning it can command, to get people to want what they don't need, of overpromising and exaggerating what can be delivered, and, worst, of exploiting people's vulnerabilities to get them to value, want, and expect the unattainable and undesirable.
But Mr Chávez is a cunning communicator who commands a deep well of oil money.
The Battle of Marathon, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning The young poet retold in rhyming couplets the story of how a small Athenian army, commanded by the cunning Miltiades, destroyed the huge Persian force of King Darius at Marathon.
Although Andre Braugher's Claudius exudes a certain hefty command, he has no insinuating political cunning.
Even my countenance betrayed me, not just my pale skin but my expressions, the indecision of my smile, the absence of cunning, and, most of all, the absence of command — an American face.
A long-cherished dream of Markham's, it required all of his skills and cunning to bring the expedition to fruition, under naval command and largely staffed by naval personnel.
He shows qualities which command respect the respect which one has for a viper or a particularly cunning fox.
