Sentence examples for lost his command from inspiring English sources

It was not until the seventh inning that Nova lost his command again.

Torre said: "I really don't know; it looked like he lost his command all of a sudden".

With two outs in the seventh, Verlander momentarily lost his command, long enough for the bottom of the Yankees' batting order to capitalize.

He allowed a leadoff single to Daniel Murphy and soon lost his command, walking Lucas Duda and then, with the bases loaded, Tejada to let in a run.

In one famous World War II incident, Gen. George Patton slapped a hospitalized soldier recovering from battle fatigue and ultimately lost his command.

Reasons for concern: the erratic Andy Pettitte, who needs a home-plate umpire to call strikes on pitches low and away, and Jeff Nelson, who lost his command in his last brief outing.

Owen Honors, 49, to lose his command of the ship.

This and other failures caused Phelim to lose his command to his kinsman and rival, Owen Roe O'Neill.

Won't they? Henry Naylor's play takes the form of three intercut monologues: one spoken by Zoya (who oddly seems to be party to information that she cannot possibly know); the second by the captain (William Reay) in charge of the prison who, after breaking the rules, loses his command; and the third by the female interrogator, Foster.

But they could recognize a pitcher losing his command.

The polemarch lost his army command to 10 tribal commanders (stratēgoi), who also replaced the archons in the administrative sphere.