Sentence examples for to commanding from inspiring English sources
noun
An order to do something.
- I was given a command to cease shooting.
Publishing the gender pay gap is a crucial step to commanding equality, but it's a small step.
Mr. Lester's Othello is an officer long used to commanding others, a figure whose martial fierceness is contained by military discipline.
Fortner was greatly feared in Sarajevo: in addition to commanding his own Army division, he oversaw a Croatian Fascist regiment known as the Black Legion.
In addition he describes how Mozart fluently assimilated the styles of his predecessors, and in doing so, raised "German eclecticism to commanding heights".
Except on the football pitch and in music, or during the fleeting days of carnival, precious few of the 80m black and brown Brazilians ever rise to commanding heights in business or public life.
For one thing Julia B. Fee agents -- used to commanding a hands-on management style -- may find themselves having to cede precedence to Sotheby's agents strongly influenced by corporate strategy.
Above all, he learned to command men.
Both bands continue to command loyal followings.
This guy knows how to command soldiers".
"Yes, and to command our attention.
"You'd never know what to command.
