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Commanding

adjective

Used of a height or viewpoint. Synonyms: dominating, overlooking. "Looked up at the castle dominating the countryside" , "The balcony overlooking the ballroom"

Command

verb

(past & past part. commanded; pres. part. commanding)

Be in command of.

Make someone do something. Synonym: require.

Demand as one's due. "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"

Look down on. Synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop.

Exercise authoritative control or power over. Synonym: control. "Command the military forces"

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"Commanding" Quotes from Famous Books

... he, "in the first place there is as yet nobody authorized to receive an explanation. To-day our time is our own; by to-morrow all the routed troops will be in or near Washington; then I shall simply write a note, if you insist upon it, to the commanding officer of your company, explaining Willis's absence and your connection with his case, and take on myself the responsibility for your return to ...

— Who Goes There? • Blackwood Ketcham Benson

... brows, on which the last sweat was gathering. "Is that—the General?" he gasped with a feeble effort to salute. Then his brain seemed to clear suddenly and he answered, not as soldier to commanding officer, but as man to man. "He converted me. Praise be ...

— Hetty Wesley • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... after a swaggering figure. Dorn watched. The baron appeared to be commanding and entreating. The figure finally, with a surly shake of his head, hurried ...

— Erik Dorn • Ben Hecht

... remarks Mr. Chamberlain's voice became tremulous with emotion. He evidently experienced the greatest difficulty in commanding his feelings, and when he sat down I saw tear-drops in his eyes. Never have I seen him so overcome, and it is only justice to him to cite this incident as showing that sentiment and feeling, though rarely manifested, are not foreign ...

— A Tale of One City: The New Birmingham - Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" • Thomas Anderton

... authorship and fame—and proud fame. But Burke had a very cogent reason for remaining incognito. In claiming Junius he would have claimed his own condemnation and dishonour, for Burke died a pensioner. Burke was, moreover, the only pensioner who had the commanding talent displayed in the writings of Junius. Now, when I lay all these considerations together, and especially when I reflect that a cogent reason exists for Burke's silence as to his own authorship, I confess I think I have got a presumptive proof of the very strongest ...

— Books and Authors - Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches • Anonymous

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