Sentence examples for they were commanding from inspiring English sources

"More than holding up, they were commanding the room, they were greeting and introducing," Mr. Fields said.

While the consuls had supreme military authority, they had to be provided with financial resources by the Roman Senate while they were commanding their armies.

They were commanded by superior officers.

When NATO dispatched troops to Bosnia in 1995, they were commanded by an American.

Although they were commanded to work together, the purpose of co-operation was less obvious, and less likely to happen.

Ironically, they were commanded by Gen. Harry Heth, alongside whom Buford had fought during the campaign against the Sioux in the mid-1850s.

After all, they point out, Christians believe they were commanded by Jesus to spread the faith and do so in a selfless, often courageous way.

By 1368 these justices of the peace were empowered to hear and determine cases brought to them on criminal matters, and in 1388 they were commanded to sit four times a year in their counties.

They were commanded by a lieutenant, and Iranian government-controlled television was playing video on Wednesday of one of the sailors, apparently the lieutenant, apologizing for entering Iranian territorial waters.

They were commanded by Duke Louis of Württemberg.

But that fact doesn't negate the fact that hundreds of faith communities strove to improve this world because they believed they were commanded to do so.