Sentence examples for longer commanded from inspiring English sources

Zebco reels no longer commanded an "adequate profit," the statement said.

The older slanders cannibalism and incest that had troubled the Apologists in the 2nd century no longer commanded credence.

Formal authority was no longer sanctified; the prospect of elite admonishment or discipline no longer commanded so much fear.

Then he gave an interview to a radio station in Moscow in which he maintained that he had widespread support among the Kyrgyz people, though he conceded that he no longer commanded the government.

Mr. Blair's decision to take her on at home and try to consign her era to history suggested that he believed that she no longer commanded the support of the British middle class and that she was, if anything, a liability to the opposition Conservatives.

Largely overlooked were signs that the abiding themes of the Age of Great Expectations no longer commanded automatic allegiance.

American Presidents no longer command; they merely prefer.

But he no longer commands double teams or scrambles game plans.

He no longer commands the troops whose numbers were the core of counterinsurgency.

It's no surprise that the Manson story no longer commands much attention.

So too had the Fascist regime, which could no longer command any obedience.