Sentence examples for manages to command from inspiring English sources

The result, this time, is a compelling story that manages to command the reader's attention despite its many evident flaws.

But Domingo still manages to command the stage effortlessly, his presence sufficient to bulk through the crowds, his voice strong enough to make Gheorghiu's sound small.

It can't be just to drive all the other candidates crazy, although Mr. Bloomberg is most definitely doing that, with all the attention he manages to command.

Achieving something useful politically in Iraq means replacing Saddam Hussein's government with one that is not only decent and just, but also competent and stable, and that manages to command the support of the majority of the Iraqi people.

Although his stroke means that he can struggle for specific words when lecturing (he is now generally accompanied on speaking engagements by his wife, who supplies prompts from the front row) he still manages to command the attention like few others.

Gray praised the performances of Cumming and particularly Noth, who he said "manages to command attention whenever he's onscreen".

For at least its first 15 minutes "Dead Accounts" does manage to command your attention.

"When you manage to command a space, people understand," he explains.

Even when he managed to command attention on the domestic front, Mr. Bush faced challenges.

Now, less than two weeks later, those bad-seed children had managed to command the full attention of her husband.

Cohen, 25 and the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, finished fourth, with 174.28 points, but still managed to command some of the spotlight.