Commanded, quaintly

Usage examples of bade.

Then Bade opened the bottom drawer of his desk, and pulled out a pad of dun-colored official forms.

The motto had been used so often in the struggle to decide the question of invasion that Bade seldom noticed it any more.

Then Bade looked forebodingly at the map and ordered Liaison to get General Rast for him.

By the time Rast appeared on the screen, Bade had thought it over carefully, and could see nothing but trouble ahead.

Judging by the trend of the conversation, Bade decided reception must be worse yet at the other end.

He flopped the papers on the desk, whirled around and raced off toward the desks of the officers who usually got the reports Bade was now holding.

Some of these officers, Bade noticed, were speaking in low angry tones to idiotically smiling members of the staff.

As Bade stared, the doctor and assistants went out the door without breaking the quarantine seal.

During the height of this bombardment, Bade succeeded in gradually filtering all of Landing Force 3 back to the protection of the ships.

There was a heavy clang, a thundering crash, the ship trembled, tilted, heeled, and slowly, painfully, settled back upright as Bade hung onto the desk and Runckel dove for cover.

As Bade and Runckel stood by helplessly, Hurricane Hannah methodically pounded Long Island Base to bits and pieces, then swept away the pieces.

Frotch called Bade to say that the special Flyer Command mission was coming in to report.

While weighing the various intangibles and unpredictables, Bade received a report from General Rast.

As Runckel started off, Bade looked at Rast, then was interrupted by a messenger who stepped past Rast, and handed Bade two slips of paper.

The clerk was busy watching Bade when he banged into the back of a tall filing case.