COMMANDER in a Sentence

Learn COMMANDER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
274 example sentences for COMMANDER, such as:
1. The power of the wind is at your command.
2. The commander commended the soldier for his bravery.
3. The battalion commander perceived the jovial irony and laughed.
4. The company commander rallied his defeated and dispersed troops.
5. The commander said that the army would comply with the ceasefire.
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 Meanings and Examples of COMMANDER
commander
 n.  an officer in command of a military unit
 n.  an officer in the airforce
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The commander of the regiment was an elderly, choleric, stout, and thick-set general with grizzled eyebrows and whiskers, and wider from chest to back than across the shoulders.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
2  The battalion commander perceived the jovial irony and laughed.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
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3  On hearing this the regimental commander hung his head, silently shrugged his shoulders, and spread out his arms with a choleric gesture.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
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4  The regimental commander, going up to the line himself, ordered the soldiers to change into their greatcoats.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
5  The regimental commander walked with his jerky steps to the front of the regiment and examined it from a distance.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
6  The commander of the company, with his eyes fixed on his superior, pressed two fingers more and more rigidly to his cap, as if in this pressure lay his only hope of salvation.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
7  And the commander, turning to look at the adjutant, directed his jerky steps down the line.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
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8  Thanks to the strictness and assiduity of its commander the regiment, in comparison with others that had reached Braunau at the same time, was in splendid condition.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
9  The regimental commander ran forward on each such occasion, fearing to miss a single word of the commander-in-chief's regarding the regiment.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
10  This hussar, with a grave face and without a smile or a change in the expression of his fixed eyes, watched the regimental commander's back and mimicked his every movement.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
11  Each time the commander started and bent forward, the hussar started and bent forward in exactly the same manner.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
12  The regimental commander was afraid he might be blamed for this and did not answer.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
13  The shapely figure of the fair-haired soldier, with his clear blue eyes, stepped forward from the ranks, went up to the commander in chief, and presented arms.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
14  "I will, your excellency," said Timokhin, showing by his smile that he understood his commander's wish.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
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15  "Well, that's all right," continued the regimental commander.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
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Example Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  Hiddleston is too amiable to convey the full contemptuous hauteur of the great commander who cannot speak of the common people without complaining about their breath.
2  For Videla, who as army commander was chosen to head the junta, the decision to "disappear" the victims was purely pragmatic.
3  About an hour later, mission commander and veteran astronaut Jing Haipeng, 45, emerged from the capsule, followed by crew mates Liu Wang, 43, and 33-year-old Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut.
4  His introspection that afternoon reflected Mr. Obama's journey from the candidate who wanted to wind down America's overseas wars to the commander in chief who just resumed and expanded one.
5  According to all authoritative histories of the Sinn Fein-IRA movement, Adams served as an IRA commander for decades, but he has always denied holding any position in the outlawed group.
6  The deputy commander reportedly has twice refused to obey the commander's direct orders on troop deployment.
7  The commander said that the army would comply with the ceasefire.
8  The company commander rallied his defeated and dispersed troops.
9  The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.
10  The commander commended the soldier for his bravery.
11  He sent a dispatch to headquarters informing his commander of the great victory.
12  The president referred to rumors, which he dismissed as false, that the former army commander, Lino Oviedo, had returned to Paraguay from his exile in Argentina.
13  The ability to impart knowledge and command respect is the essential qualification for teachers.
14  He was elevated to do the rank of major due to his wise command in the battle.
15  The power of the wind is at your command.