Sentence examples for recently commanded from inspiring English sources

An artwork similar to one she owns recently commanded $27 million at auction.

But young starters like Mat Latos and Gio Gonzalez have recently commanded four-player packages in trades, a price that seems steep for the Yankees.

Typically he takes sellers to houses of comparable size and appeal, only to inform them gloomily how little they've recently commanded in price.

"The people and Afghan security forces didn't expect that the Taliban would attack them," said Gen. Mohammed Zaman Mamozai, who until recently commanded the eastern region's border police, based near Jalalabad.

The general who most recently commanded Walter Reed, a premier military hospital in Washington, and the Army's surgeon general accepted responsibility for the situation faced by some wounded troops, including poor housing, neglect and a hopelessly complicated bureaucratic maze.

Reports will be filed with the police commissioner's office, where, Mr. Kerik said, they will be reviewed by his staff, headed by Deputy Inspector James E. McCabe, who until recently commanded the 110th Precinct in Corona, Queens.

Surrealist paintings have recently been commanding high prices at auction.

This gave the French forces on the island a significant regional advantage, outnumbering the British frigate on the recently captured Île Bourbon, commanded by Commodore Josias Rowley, by six to one.

Recently, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who commanded special operations forces in Iraq and this month became the commander of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, said he wants to avoid more civilian deaths.

The firm offers an inexpensive and eminently practical way of uncorking the bottleneck of the "last mile", bringing unheard of amounts of bandwidth to almost any business that wants it.As an awe-struck George Gilder, prophet of the "telecosm" (see article), recently proclaimed: "TeraBeam commands at once the most disruptive and most redemptive technology in all communications.

In the age-old tradition of Afghan politics, Mr. Karzai has sought out the support of influential tribal and religious leaders, as well as the wartime faction leaders who have merged as power brokers more recently, who can command the support of their followers and communities.