Sentence examples for seized command from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, after returning to Kansas he promptly seized command of the state volunteer brigade, which he helped organize.

NBC seems to have seized command on Mondays at 10 with the new Jill Hennessy series "Crossing Jordan".

But the radicals had formed their own military forces, and, after the Tokugawa army withdrew, they again seized command and successfully repulsed a second Tokugawa expedition.

Al Gore and me!" The day ended, or it might as well have, a few hours later with Mr. Koch, who had endorsed Mr. Gore and then effectively seized command of his New York campaign, fiercely accusing the Rev. Jesse Jackson of "contempt and arrogance" for skipping the "Salute to Israel" parade.

But the hosts seized command four minutes after the interval when McGregor could only parry Valencia's fierce drive and Carroll reacted quickest to jab in the loose ball.

But she had no answer for Kvitova, who seized command from the start, attacking Bouchard's second serves and moving her all over the court.

An Israeli Army statement said that armor and infantry forces had "seized commanding positions around the city in Palestinian-controlled territory," and that "routes into the city have been blocked, and are under complete control of the Israel Defense Forces".

AT&T moved to complete its acquisition of MediaOne so as to seize command of more than one-third of the nation's cable industry.

The Sacramento Kings, poised to supplant the Lakers, the defending National Basketball Association champions, as the marquee team in the Western Conference, pushed the ball down the floor, ready at last to seize command.

When Putin became President, he set out to stabilize Russian authority, and he did so in the time-honored manner: seizing command of regional governorships; cracking down on political opposition; taking complete control of the legislature, the courts, and state television.

More importantly, Veltmann sensed that the men had not conspired to seize command from their superior officers.