"Fear is contagious," the commander explained with a shrug.

As the commander has explained, we lose face if we can't play by the rules of this game.

The commander explains him the scenario of current military maneuvers held by United States Navy.

'I'm afraid to take chances with you until we find out who's who and what's what around here,' the young commander explained.

A commander explains, in a letter, how an Earth battleship got destroyed when it passed too close to the gravitational field of a neutron star.

The commander of the station had explained how he had beamed her children to safety on a nearby moon.

The new, heavily-armored commander explained at considerable length, and when he finished, Roger bared his teeth in a smile.

"Pakistanis are pushing us now to do an all-out attack on Jalalabad," a commander explained.

"The Earthers are a very consternating people," the commander explained.

"All they respect is force and power," the commander explained.