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Example sentences for "commanded the"

  • Herewith he commanded the jailer to take the Youth and to keep him beside him and he shut up the girl with her nurse.

  • In like manner he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him.

  • Which the Lord appointed to Moses in mount Sinai, when he commanded the children of Israel, that they should offer their oblations to the Lord in the desert of Sinai.

  • He commanded the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: 31:26.

  • And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou?

  • And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune, fearing lest Paul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them and to bring him into the castle.

  • When therefore they were come hither, without any delay, on the day following, sitting in the judgment seat, I commanded the man to be brought.

  • And he commanded the chariot to stand still.

  • But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth a little while.

  • Our sergeant, after a few very pungent remarks, commanded the section to move to one hundred yards.

  • Will all the men who have had former military experience fall out," commanded the colonel; "the rest of you go back to quarters.

  • Here Lieutenant Judd discovered that he had forgotten something and had to return to St. Augustine, so that I commanded the company on the march, having with me Second-Lieutenant George B.

  • Then, at midday, he commanded the army to take their lunch, and the Goths did the same thing, supposing that he was putting off the engagement to the following day.

  • Colonel Steven Kearney, one of the ablest officers of the day, commanded the post, and under him discipline was kept at a high standard, but without vexatious rules or regulations.

  • I commanded the whole of the mighty host engaged on the victorious side.

  • In the absence of Hunter, General Lew Wallace, with headquarters at Baltimore, commanded the department in which the Shenandoah lay.

  • However, General Fugieres did not die; his life was saved by the skillful operation he had undergone, and for seventeen years he commanded the Invalids at Avignon.

  • Marseilles contended with Aix for the great plebeian; his two elections, the discourses he then delivered, the addresses he drew up, the energy he employed, commanded the attention of all France.

  • The first symptoms of this misunderstanding appeared when the protector commanded the army in Scotland.

  • This parliament also, even more than any foregoing, convinced him how much he commanded the respect of his subjects, and what confidence he might repose in them.

  • The council, to whom Russet transmitted these demands, sent a haughty answer; commanded the rebels to disperse, and promised them pardon upon their immediate submission.

  • When the worthy Mefres found himself in the court he commanded the priests to make ready the mounted litters, and rode away with the sleeping Lykon to Memphis.

  • He commanded the soldiers to remain at the shore, and summoned only their leader, Patrokles.

  • Then he went to the terrace of the building, and lying on a couch covered with a lion skin, commanded the servants to withdraw and to bring up Tutmosis the moment he appeared there.

  • The high priest was very pale and excited; but he replied that they must clear up a question of murder, and he commanded the nomarch in the name of the pharaoh-to go with him to Sarah's dwelling.

  • He commanded the laborers to go to their barracks, and, without greeting the nomarch or taking leave of him, he returned to the palace.

  • Arriving at the West, he commanded the regiment in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, where he added new laurels to his already imperishable name.

  • At the battle of Antietam, he commanded the regiment, and during the latter part of the engagement, a brigade.

  • He took part in all the leading debates, and with such effect that he commanded the attention of the House whenever he spoke, and the leaders listened respectfully to his suggestions.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commanded the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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