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Example sentences for "command the"

  • Geary, of the Twentieth Corps, was the first to enter Savannah, that officer was appointed to command the place, or to act as a sort of governor.

  • Davis, the next in order, should be promoted major general, and assigned to command the corps.

  • General Howard was to be transferred to the Fourth Corps, vice Gordon Granger to avail himself of his leave of absence; and General Slocum was to be ordered down the Mississippi River, to command the District of Vicksburg.

  • After Mr. Crowninshield's promotion to a Captaincy in the Navy he was ordered to command the Richmond in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and there I repeatedly met him and his fascinating wife.

  • Babies were not much in demand in Foo Chow and did not even command the price of fresh pork!

  • The dignity of his bearing fitted him to command, and he needed not the insignia of rank to command the deference of those about him.

  • Artillery was massed to command the approaches to the turnpike, and earthworks went up in the night as if by magic.

  • During all the battles in the Wilderness, artillery had been useless, except when here and there a section could be brought in to command the roadway; but now all the artillery on both sides was brought into the work.

  • Afterwards, however, they got ready a fleet to send to Lesbos, and ordering a total of forty ships from the different cities in the league, appointed Alcidas to command the expedition in his capacity of high admiral.

  • And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set Mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good.

  • And though they hide themselves in the top of Oarmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from My sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

  • Hancock is assigned to command the Department of Dakota.

  • Was assigned September 1 to command the District of Southeastern Missouri.

  • Schofield is assigned to command the Department of the Missouri.

  • Emory, colonel Fifth Cavalry, is assigned to command the Department of Washington, according to his brevet of major-general.

  • Sheridan is assigned to command the Department of Louisiana, and will turn over the command of the Department of the Missouri temporarily to the next senior officer.

  • It could not have escaped the notice of a single soldier on that side, that if, with the river in their rear, the enemy should succeed in penetrating the lines, or the fleet be able to command the crossing, they would all be lost.

  • Greene had urged the retention of the fort as necessary, both to command the passage of the river, and because it would be a threatening obstacle to the enemy's future operations.

  • McCook to command the latter, which had been moved forward to Nolin Creek, fifty-two miles out of Louisville, toward Bowling Green.

  • Thomas was taken from Buell, to command the right.

  • Thomas still continued to command the former, and on the 12th of October I dispatched Brigadier-General A.

  • We fell to choosing four captains to command the guards, and choosing the place where to keep them, and other things in order thereunto.

  • But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.

  • Captain Hillyer spoke up and suggested that I make application to be transferred there to command the cavalry.

  • To follow each of these spurs with intrenchments, so as to command the slopes on either side, would have lengthened their line very much.

  • Oglesby to command the post at Bird's Point, and handing it to him, he put on an expression of surprise that looked a little as if he would like to have some one identify me.

  • Upon receiving the hurt, he sent to the duke for another to command the Royal Oake.

  • For his gallant conduct Mr Simcock, on reaching Portsmouth with his prize, was forthwith promoted to the rank of captain, and appointed to command the Nonsuch.

  • But Curtis would not consent to this; he said he wanted me to command the Army of the Frontier.

  • I took it for granted that Thomas was to command the army in Tennessee, and I wanted only to go back and help him because he would, in my opinion, have to do the fighting while Sherman's march would be unopposed.

  • Now Massachusetts was in an attitude of rebellion, and he realized that he had not troops enough to command the situation.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "command 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:
    abandon them; base hospital; child born; command again; command the; command them; command you; commanded respectively; commanded the; commanded them; commanding engine; commanding general; commanding officer; commanding officers; commanding position; exists only; leading lady; lighted lamp; like structure; march upon; oppose the; personal observation; provided that; scrambled eggs; thin coat; yards broad