Sentence examples for intellectual command from inspiring English sources

He cannot sustain the illusion of intellectual command.

Expect lambent songs, crystalline musicianship, and an intellectual command that proves that erudition can coexist with, and even increase, entertainment.

In Vogt's performance, passages of powerful abandon never lost their rocking rhythmic snap, and lyrical passages maintained a firm intellectual command of Brahms's compositional filigree.

"He had a greater intellectual command of overseas operational activity than any officer I ever knew," said Clair George, a former agency deputy director of operations.

Mr. Oliveira roams at will through the history of cinema and the whole span of Western civilization, but ultimately nothing is serene or harmonious in his formal mastery or his intellectual command.

The Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca delivers her recitals with statuesque grace, dominating as much by her regal physical presence as by the power and beauty of her voice; her artistry, honed in the best Soviet tradition, is informed by an acute intellectual command of her material.

Polls have shown that a majority of voters also believe Mr. Gore is better prepared to be president than George W. Bush in terms of his intellectual capacity, command of the issues and experience.

Although shy, Davies's intellectual powers commanded respect.

The question, though, is whether her indisputable virtues — hard work, intellectual acuity, a command of policy — are ideally suited for the White House.

"There is a rhetorical style, an in your face quality that appeals to some people, the sense that the people are not cookie cutter, they are nonpolitical," he said, adding that "at the end of the day, intellectual heft and command of policy and fluidity on the issues will carry the day".

Reserved and intellectual, he both commanded troops during the worst atrocities of the war and negotiated the 1996 peace accords that ended it.