command
Example Sentences
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Jonah thought about how serious Katherine had looked the night before, commanding, “Don’t do this,” how desperately she seemed to want him and his parents to just act normal.
From Literature
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Having kept faith with mostly the same starting XV during England's autumn run of successes and commanding win over Wales, will their disappointing performance in Edinburgh result in some changes?
From BBC
Department of War’s innovation unit announced it would award up to $100 million in prizes to tech providers able to translate commands into coordinated action across fleets of robotic systems.
In “The Great Santini,” he was a Marine fighter pilot who was as overbearing and explosive with his family as with the men under his command.
From Los Angeles Times
The General Staff of the Armed Forces, the country’s central military command, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.