Example Sentences

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Both were commanding on the day but it is Niakhate who makes my selection.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

Yet when I asked Frazer which urgent issues were commanding his attention right now, his first thought wasn't climate; it was renewable energy.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Iran has struggled to fill in the gap left in the absence of Soleimani and al-Muhandis, who were commanding figures able to push factions into line and resolve disputes among them.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

Travis Steiner, 28, of Reading, Pa., bought multiple skeletons for his own display and then, seeing the prices they were commanding on eBay, decided to profit on his investment.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2020

His features were commanding, if not handsome, and he sat his horse well.

From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)