Sentence examples for less commanded from inspiring English sources

Mr. Nathan more or less commanded the conversation.

Hence the discomfort when these two near-strangers were finally alone after being more or less commanded to have sex.

Lester's Othello looks to be a first-rate commander who eventually proves less commanding of his emotions than he or Desdemona believed him to be.

At home she was no less commanding.

Even Nadal has seemed less commanding.

The guest performers at the festival were almost entirely male, reflecting the prevailing belief that while the Maryinsky is surfeited with talented young ballerinas, its men are less commanding.

There is no way of knowing for sure, but it seems plausible given the number of arrests and killings of people said to be senior al-Qaeda officers particularly in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East that the group now has much less of an infrastructure than it did before September 11th and a central leadership that is much less commanding.

If you read a sampling of books and other advice on leadership, a recurring theme emerges: managers should be more "interactive" and less "command and control," meaning they should share rather than hoard information, spread decision making and initiative across all levels of the company, and make clear that individual goals can be met only through team success.

She can be expected to push for less "command and control" regulation and more use of "market incentives," local control and voluntary compliance.

This will be less unified, less command-and-control.

It's a different work environment, requiring less command and control — much more bottom up".