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Sentences starting with commands

Commands were passed about, and men ran this way and that, jostling one another to find their places in a new order. [9]

Sentences ending with commands

A young printer wanders around a good deal, seeking and finding work; and seeking again, when necessity commands. [5]
Perhaps for her, too, the time was already fulfilled, when she had taken courage to defy the emperor's commands. [10]
Even Aunt Easter stepped gingerly, though she was wont to affirm, when assisting Miss Jinny in her toilet, an absolute contempt for Ben's commands. [9]
You have the spectacle of that unsentimental thing, a Government, making reverence to that name and saying to its agent, "Uncover, and pass on; it is France that commands. [5]
By long habit, pilots came to put all their wishes in the form of commands. [5]
I could do nothing with Antoinette, Monsieur, and she would not listen to my entreaties, my prayers, my commands. [9]
It seems to me no less important than it did to you, to know what a great man like the patriarch finds to talk about, and since I place myself at your commands. [10]
But the time hung heavy on her hands, nevertheless, for the siege of Orleans was begun, the clouds lowered darker and darker over France, and still her Voices said wait, and gave her no direct commands. [5]
Then fear, or hope of gain, or something else got the better of him, for he led us to a snug, well-furnished suite of a parlour and bedroom on the first floor, and stood bowing in the doorway for his honour's further commands. [9]
He has defied his Excellency's commands. [9]

Short sentences using commands

Thy commands, my liege! [5]
Her commands are here. [11]
Pawlett had our commands. [11]
My strict commands? [10]

Sentences containing commands two or more times

I am constantly pressed by those who scold before they think, or without thinking at all, to give commands respectively to Fremont, McClellan, Butler, Sigel, Curtis, Hunter, Hooker, and perhaps others, when, all else out of the way, I have no commands to give them. [7]
Examining only those expressions of the will of historical persons which, as commands, were related to events, historians have assumed that the events depended on those commands. [2]
It means obeyin' commands if you die for it; and my commands were to take a letter to Inspector Jules at Archangel's Rise to-night. [11]

More example sentences with the word commands in them

She dropped a word or two of grief over the precious time that must be lost, then began at once to issue commands for the march back. [5]
It is octagonal, with a peaked roof, each octagon filled with a spacious window, and it sits perched in complete isolation on top of an elevation that commands leagues of valley and city and retreating ranges of distant blue hills. [5]
I know Apu, who commands the fortifications and the legions whom he leads. [10]
No one knows what to expect from this new ruler; he commands today the very thing, which he angrily forbade the day before. [10]
Commands, threats, punishments, were out of the question with her; the mere physical effects of crossing her will betrayed themselves in such changes of expression and manner that it would have been senseless to attempt to govern her in any such way. [6]
Nevertheless I remembered well that her little shop, which was no greater than a fair-sized closet, had ever been filled with buyers when we had stolen in, against all commands, to buy a few dried figs. [10]
When, for instance, we say that Napoleon ordered armies to go to war, we combine in one simultaneous expression a whole series of consecutive commands dependent one on another. [2]
She was looking very sad when I came, after Croesus had left, to inquire if she had any commands for me. [10]
It commands a varied and delicious prospect, and has an air of repose and peace. [4]
The king himself urged Mena's suit, for he loves him as his own son, and when I represented your prior claim he commanded;--and who may resist the commands of the sovereign of two worlds, the Son of Ra? [10]
There were only twenty men besides the two pashas, whom his commands also comprised. [11]
We have been to that little summer-house which commands the valley. [9]
As Neforis went to her place, she shook her bowed head: she was meditating on the choice offered her by Orion, of yielding to the patriarch's commands or to her son's wishes. [10]
It mattered little to Eda that the young man awaiting their commands had pimples and long hair and grinned affectionately as he greeted them. [9]
An edict of Theodosius commands that every temple of the gods shall be closed, and the heavy cavalry have dispersed our force. [10]
I said that the trouble, delay, and inconvenience of traveling with a courier were balanced by the deep respect which a courier's presence commands, and I must insist that as much style be thrown into my journeys as possible. [5]
Sharp commands broke the silence, and he saw the blue regiments forming on the lawn inside the wall. [9]
I am only the servant, and respect commands me to curb my tongue; but to-day I had news from home through the Provost Werner, of Lucerne, whom I knew at Stansstadt. [10]
So that examining the relation in time of the commands to the events, we find that a command can never be the cause of the event, but that a certain definite dependence exists between the two. [2]
Quickly battening down the prisoners, I had the sails spread, the windlass going, and the anchor apeak quickly, and we soon were moving down upon the schooner, which was now all confusion, commands ringing out on the quiet air. [11]
Harry had besieged the New York headquarters of the Columbus River Slack-water Navigation Company with demands, then commands, and finally appeals, but to no purpose; the appropriation did not come; the letters were not even answered. [5]
Hold fast, as the law commands, by what is old; but never shut the gates of your kingdom against what is new, if better. [10]
But this time the corsair seemed completely transformed, and with the pitiless sternness, which he so well knew how to use in issuing commands, ordered her to remain on the Hydra. [10]
And there was the commodore, erect, and with fire in his eye, giving sharp commands to the men at the wheel. [9]
This relation of the commander to those he commands is just what is called power. [2]
And they say that the politicians whom Hilary Vane commands, and the men whom they put into office are all beholden to the railroad, and are of a sort which good citizens cannot support. [9]
We have a supreme day--a sweeping and tremendous and tumultuous day, a day which commands an absolute universality of interest and excitement; but it is not annual. [5]
Counter mines were started, and through the narrow walls of earth commands and curses came. [9]
He dwelt with special luxury on the charms which seduced the royal psalmist,--the soldier's wife for whom he broke the commands of the decalogue, and the maiden for whose attentions, in his cooler years, he violated the dictates of prudence and propriety. [6]
These commands were so confused and mingled in utterance that any one less familiar with the speaker would scarcely have comprehended what they required of her, but Ledscha understood and was ready to obey. [10]
About transferring General Schenck's commands, the purchase of supplies, and the promotion and appointment of officers, mentioned in your letter, I will consult with the Secretary of War to-morrow. [7]
Besides, he could safely commit the execution of his conclusions and commands to his obedient and dutiful heir. [10]
The surface of Roan is uneven, and has no one culminating peak that commands the country, like the peak of Mount Washington, but several eminences within its range of probably a mile and a half, where various views can be had. [4]
Those on the right were already wading through the rising water in haste and terror; for already the commands of the Egyptian leaders were heard in the distance. [10]
He has no right to receive the king's commands in that way. [10]
Constantine, however, relentlessly repeated his order; and, when they still refused to obey, he turned his back on their ranks with a gesture of bitter contempt, and shouted his commands to the infantry posted by the colonnade behind which Gorgo was watching all these proceedings. [10]
John Porter be relieved from command of the corps he now commands in said army, and that Major-General Hooker take command of said corps. [7]
Men begin to regard the position of woman in another light than they used to do; and a few men, whose sympathies are fine and whose sense of justice is strong, think and speak of it with a candour that commands my admiration. [14]
An edict was recently issued which commands the removal of every official who can not prove that the union of the parents who gave him life was consecrated by the Holy Church. [10]
There must be queer papers in this box, or Neithotep would not have honored us with his commands to fetch them. [10]
He must leave Pharaoh's service, first telling his superiors that, as a dutiful son, he must obey his father's commands, and share his fate and that of his people. [10]
You not only persistently disregard my wishes and commands, but you have, for many months, been leading a double life, facing me every day, while you were secretly and continually disobeying me. [9]
It is blind, or nearly so, on the only side which has a good prospect, and commands a fine view of the barn and pigsty through numerous windows. [6]
Only the possible ones get linked up with a consecutive series of commands corresponding to a series of events, and are executed. [2]
Let us stand on the little mound at the northeast of it, on the Olive Street Road, whence Captain Lyon's artillery commands it. [9]
You must call on General Halleck, who commands, and whose business it is to understand and care for the whole field If you cannot telegraph to him, send a messenger to him. [7]
Indeed, the law of the United States forbade him to listen to commands or suggestions, rightly considering that the pilot necessarily knew better how to handle the boat than anybody could tell him. [5]
Then the rattling of the coach, the clatter of our six horses' hoofs, and the driver's crisp commands, awoke to a louder and stronger emphasis, and we went sweeping down on the station at our smartest speed. [5]
He long ago observed that a millionaire commands respect, a two-millionaire homage, a multi-millionaire the deepest deeps of adoration. [5]
So it was not because of Napoleon's commands that they killed their fellow men. [2]
It will be no easy matter for me to leave my happiness, at the moment my most ardent wish is fulfilled--but Sophonisba commands and I obey. [10]
Probably there is no country in the world where elementary education commands the devotion and the cash of the people as in English Canada; that is why the towns of Lebanon and Manitou had from the first divergent views. [11]
The orderly had no commands to bring him by force, so he returned to the Palace, and entered it as the English Governor was ending his speech to the people. [11]
The By-laws are merely the voice of the master issuing commands to the servants. [5]
Behind you two mechanics have started the engines with a deafening roar, above which are heard the hoarse commands of the captain as he grinds in his gears. [9]
To the last man, so far as known, they have successfully resisted the traitorous efforts of those whose commands, but an hour before, they obeyed as absolute law. [7]
Straightway, at a little distance, military commands and the rumble of drums broke on the still night, and we knew that her guard was approaching. [5]
An officer still less often acts directly himself, but commands still more frequently. [2]
And when at last it came the men bustled hither and thither to find their commands, and we picked our way on the unseen road that led down the bluff, our hearts thumping. [9]
You are the king and I am bound to respect your commands, but I blame my son for depriving his blind mother of the greatest joy left to her in her old age. [10]
And so, although it seems a piteous thing to sweat this poor ancient devil for a burglary he hadn't the least hand in, still if duty commands I suppose we must give him up to the authorities. [5]
The object of it does not need to coddle it, bribe it, beguile it, reason with it, convince it--it commands it; that is sufficient; the obedience rendered is not reluctant, but prompt and whole-hearted. [5]
They went to importing rum, and also to manufacturing it in private stills, in defiance of the government's commands and protests. [5]
Semestre commands and I must obey. [10]
Every sentiment of honor, every sentiment of charity, every sentiment of high and sacred benevolence warns us, beseeches us, commands us to leave him undisturbed. [5]
Against my commands, his insolence has brought him here. [11]
He had had his high moment with the French admiral, had given his commands to the fleet and had arranged the disposition of the captured French ships. [11]
It is a hill with a grove, which commands a charming view, and was fortified during the war. [4]
But Joan set herself the task of persuading him that the salvation of France took precedence of all minor things--even the commands of a sceptered ass; and she accomplished it. [5]
One steamer pounding here from the north with men who bring commands from the Effendina, and those thousands out yonder beyond my mines and moats and guns will begin to melt away. [11]
The Bohemian understood her; he picked up the glove and muttered to the Junker with a shrug: "Mistress Ursula commands me! [10]
The attendants accompanied her respectfully from door to door, in obedience to the emperor's commands, and she went on with a firm step, looking straight in front of her, without noticing the inquisitive, approving, or scornful glances which were aimed at her. [10]
On the whole he realised by the attentions paid him--the brandy and the food offered by the jailer, the fluttering kindness of the chaplain--that in the life of a criminal there is one moment when he commands the situation. [11]
And so I have taken two cruises, delivered some score of commands, and scarce know a supple jack from a can of flip. [9]
He could not have taken any ground in relation to Dryfoos but that which he held, and he felt satisfied that he was right in refusing to receive instructions or commands from him. [8]
Captain Ortis, I have issued my commands! [10]
The Emperor's commands had come upon the peaceful little house as a whirlwind comes on a heap of leaves. [10]
His mere hints had been commands to the wife of his youth whom he had borne to the grave a few years before, and as yet he had encountered no opposition from Miriam. [10]
Outside, in the great cool store, the rattle of the trucks was heard, and Mr. Hopper giving commands. [9]
I had not got out of the country when we a packet came, bearing fresh commands. [11]
The Queen has gone, it is true; but Iras, whose commands do not die away in empty air, told me this morning that she had her own ideas about the erection of the statue. [10]
Then, without any further delay, she set out towards the temple gate, which, in obedience to the commands of the high priest, was now locked. [10]
And he, who forgets nothing and knows by name a large number of the many thousand men he commands, would very probably, when I am away, join the troops with only sandals on his feet. [10]
I shall not forbid it, so long as you do not forget what the duty of a wife commands. [10]
Are its commands for the man's good? [5]
On this (second) floor Clara's room commands the finest; she keeps a window ten feet high wide open all the time and frames it in. [5]
The same submissive, expressionless look with which he had listened to the Emperor's commands on the field of Austerlitz seven years before settled on his face now. [2]
Words can not express the strength of my devotion, but for that very reason I must do what duty commands before I ask the question, 'Will you join your fate to mine? [10]
Pentauer hastened to execute the commands of the high-priest. [10]
It was an evil-looking company who thus discussed Governor Rapont's commands. [11]
His movements were entirely free; he consulted no one, he received commands from nobody, he promptly resented even the merest suggestions. [5]
How could she disobey her own commands? [11]
Of course, a dinner party as it should be is quite impossible to us simple folk, but when a lieutenant-governor commands, we must do the best we can--with the help of our friends. [11]
Here is the dignity which commands reverence,--a dignity which, with all Ralph Waldo Emerson's sweetness of manner and expression, rose almost to majesty in his serene presence. [6]
The militia had departed, their Colonel roaring commands at them out of a little red drill-book; the older people had gone to their homes, but festive youth hovered round the booths and sideshows, the majority enjoying themselves at some expense in the medicine-man's encampment. [11]
I believe some demon commands me. [10]
Cup Day, and Cup Day only, commands an attention, an interest, and an enthusiasm which are universal--and spontaneous, not perfunctory. [5]
Rank holds its court and receives its homage on every round of the ladder, from the emperor down to the rat-catcher; and distinction, also, exists on every round of the ladder, and commands its due of deference and envy. [5]
Such was the comprehension and despatch with which he gave his commands that the captain returned from divine worship to find the Maria in profane hands, her immaculate deck littered with straw and sawdust, and covered to the coamings with bottles and cases. [9]
Captain Van Duivenvoorde commands the guard at the Hohenort Gate. [10]

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