Sentence examples for really commanded from inspiring English sources

And since Senator McCain is not only been in Congress for a very long time, he is also a war veteran, a war commander - he really commanded.

While this Berenice, Michaela Martens was a sympathetic pres- ence, her voice tended to vanish and she never really commanded the stage.

Put it down to the vagaries of terrestrial scheduling, or the until-recently unshakeable conviction of many British viewers that Americans are stupid, but Seinfeld never really commanded the same awe-inspired genuflection here as it did at home.

But as suggested in this blog last year and probably also the year before, the two-phase start to the season would have more chance of working if the fixture planners came up with a couple of blockbusters that really commanded attention on the opening weekend.

An entertaining montage flits by but it's the lyrical voiceover by Melkorka Oskarsdottir that really commands the attention.

'Somebody's not in bed – Iggle Piggle's not in bed.' "Bedtime really commands a child's entire day.

But, however solid and sophisticated the engineering of their products, it is the emotion of driving the marque that really commands the premium.

"You don't have two or three hitters that you need to be careful with; you have four or five that really command your attention".

The furnishings, including a bunch of plastic flowers, are modest otherwise, and in any case they're not what really commands attention.

We would learn during the campaign how far Britain really was bound to Europe, the truth about money flows and legislative reach, and whether Little Englanders – sorry, Eurosceptics – really command a majority or simply make more noise.

But his forces are likely to prove ineffective unless he first manages to sort out who really commands them: his fragile new establishment, or the rump of Mr Saleh's old one.