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Meanings of commanding figure in английском

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Usage of commanding figure in английском
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He was apparently quite young, and of a tall and commanding figure.
Tales and Sketches / Part 3 from Volume V of The Works of John G...
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Fine eyes and teeth, certainly, and a commanding figure, but nothing more.
Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 02
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This prince was a very intelligent man, with a fine commanding figure.
Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
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Dominey drew himself more than ever erect-a commanding figure in the little group.
The Great Impersonation
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President Marsh, with his erect, commanding figure, was conspicuous in the little company.
In His Steps
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The door opened, and Mesmer's tall and commanding figure advanced toward the group.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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Comenius stands as the commanding figure in seventeenth- century pedagogical thought.
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
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Beside it, with head erect and jaw set, strode a strangely commanding figure.
Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
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He was a tall and commanding figure, with an extraordinary intellect.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
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Broderick's commanding figure was seen rushing hither and thither.... You and two others.
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
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A commanding figure, he was, I think, quite the largest man in the room.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
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Writer thinks he should be a commanding figure in international golf for many years.
The new yorker
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Her commanding figure and decided expression made her appear like a general giving orders.
The Expressman and the Detective
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He still remains a commanding figure and a feared one.
The new yorker
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Snow was there to greet us, a commanding figure reminiscent of a CinSim ghost.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
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Permit me to assure you that you possess a commanding figure- afigureof Minerva.
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United Kingdom
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