commandingly
- a word derived from commanding.
Example Sentences
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Gahan’s emphatic gestures lifted his commandingly stern baritone to another level, shifting into the assassin’s kill walk of “It’s No Good” with its warped, tunnel-boring synths and drum beat.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Place in the win column Frank Loesser’s priceless score and a big cast commandingly in tune with a vintage New York of bunco artists, chorus girls, soul savers and high rollers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
But a ride it squarely is, a commandingly propulsive post-Soviet delirium about a divorced comics artist coughing and hallucinating his way across a grim, chilly night/day of detours, confrontations, memories and fatherly responsibilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Verstappen pulled away from Hamilton so commandingly that the suspicion was he would have won even if he had not taken the lead at the start.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2021
“I thought somebody told me that Gene Forrester was—” “Finny was there,” Brinker interrupted commandingly, “he knows better than anyone.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
