Sentence examples for figures command from inspiring English sources

These masked figures command great respect and quietude.

In both activities, charismatic figures command attention with their intricate footwork and taut stances.

The price came to many observers as a shock — nine figures command attention, even in today's plutocratic souk of an art market — but not a surprise.

And so some of the early works depict clowns as figures commanding reverence.

Hence a salary which takes Benitez from his current £3m-a-year wage to something like the figures commanded by Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger.

With one eye on the increasingly swollen figures commanded for advert spots during the Super Bowl – as well as diminished viewing figures for last year's ceremony – folks at home are being encouraged to look at Oscar Sunday as they do Super Bowl Sunday: a whole day of fun and food focused around a watercooler TV event.

As a uniting figure commanding respect across the board, Gen. Petraeus provides Mr. Obama with the credibility he lacks.

(Bottomless reportage is forbidden. And when the main story involves Mr. Putin or another figure commanding national respect, full dress is in order).

Large and enthusiastic, with a Falstaffian relish about him, Robertson was an ebullient, buccaneering figure, commanding the respect not only of his immediate colleagues, but also of the Arts Council and the house god of Cambridge theatre, George Rylands.

But the more abstract, shared majesty of space and scale is just as important, as is the way the central figure commands each panel, anchored to something greater that is both worldly and not.

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