Words similar to commanding

Example sentences for: commanding

How can you use “commanding” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

43 Tommy Franks, the commanding general of Central Command (CENTCOM), told us that the President was dissatisfied.
Over centuries of struggle, the defending Moorish army built a full-scale fort, or Alcázar, on the heights of Madrid commanding the Manzanares valley.
In practice, commanding officers do ask and vigorously root out homosexuals.
And an article accuses the Navy of abusing its female combat pilots: Their fellow pilots and commanding officers gave them the silent treatment instead of helping them.
Taking an ecumenical tack, nation officials in Chicago recently issued edicts commanding preachers to back off their anti-Semitic rhetoric.