Example Sentences

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Hours earlier, Andrii Smolenskyi had been commanding a small reconnaissance unit on Ukraine's southern front.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

At the time he captained the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912, Smith had been commanding large vessels for 25 years.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

Odierno selected Brooks, a distinguished infantry officer who had been commanding Army forces in the Middle East, to assume the challenge.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2013

Before that assignment, he had been commanding officer of the USS Mustin, a forward-deployed guided-missile destroyer.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2013

I miss the dummy by a couple of inches and lose what little attention I had been commanding.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins