authority Examples

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Examples of authority in a Sentence

Examples of authority
1. At slow taxying speed there is insufficient rudder authority to steer the aeroplane.
2. Men of true ſcience modestly admit the truth on the authority of the divine word; the ſciolist in imitation of the peasant, whoſe obſtinacy is the natural reſult of pride, and ignorance, will not believe if he does not comprehend.
3. Crossing the river got him beyond his old nemesis' sheriffdom and into the territory of a more liberal authority.
4. His timidiness prevented him from challenging authority or asking his boss for a raise.
5. His tactics appealed to the type of Old Bolshevik undergrounder who had little patience with theoretical hairsplitting and who looked to a firm authority to take the lead in practical work.
6. I acted by verbal authority, even though I couldn't be sure my superior would confirm I'd been authorized.
7. Authority figures have a history of weaseling on this topic.
Examples of authorities
1. They lodged a protest with the authorities. ‎
2. The authorities say that he admitted to stealing as much as $50 billion, which, if true, would place him at the top of financial scoundreldom.
3. The Committee is actually registered as a business, the authorities said, a thread from the spool of legitimacy to go along with the hard hats, the clipboards and the videocameras.
4. The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
5. to denounce someone to the authorities
6. The word ain't is proscribed by many authorities. ‎
7. The System has been violated, a lot of misguided young men are being screwed and now the 'authorities' are trying to revirginize that same Honor Code and use it to make a hundred and twelve cadets take the blame for all.
8. But it is also a collection of villages, a ruralized metropolis where people live by their wits and devices, cut off from the authorities, the law and often each other.
9. They turned over the evidence to the authorities.