commanding
adjective
being in command.
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
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
Maybe it was pure intuition: When the film lands on someone as commandingly smart as René Otero, a teenager with a seasoned politician’s command of rhetoric, you can’t imagine the camera looking anywhere else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2020
Booper said commandingly to her brother as he approached.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
