Example Sentences

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The Tobacco Control Act had commanded the agency to develop graphics “depicting the negative health consequences of smoking,” but now the courts were saying the graphics couldn’t be too provocative and couldn’t “evoke emotion.”

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2023

The admiral had commanded the Pacific Fleet since 2012.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2023

The conquest by the Aksumites in the 520s was followed by the rule of Abraha, the Ethiopian who had commanded the Aksumite forces.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Her father, a Syrian Muslim, had commanded Ottoman troops as a senior army officer in World War I; her mother, who was Greek Orthodox, was a homemaker.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

"I will have every opening in the ringwall ditched and staked before dark," the Old Bear had commanded.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin