AUTHORITY in a Sentence

Learn AUTHORITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for AUTHORITY, such as:
1. The speech bore the stamp of authority.
2. The leader must be a person of authority.
3. The Prime Minister aimed to reassert his authority.
4. A policeman has the authority to arrest lawbreakers.
5. He's got the experience and the authority to carry it off.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of AUTHORITY
authority
 n.  freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
 n.  an authoritative written work
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  For, suddenly, liberty passed into license, wherein neither private worth nor public authority was respected, but, every one living as he liked, a thousand wrongs were done daily.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II.
2  No ground, because nothing was taken from them; and no opportunity, because those in authority kept them under control, and never employed them in affairs in which they could acquire importance.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI.
3  They would see, too, how Timoleon and others like him, had as great authority in their country as Dionysius or Phalaris in theirs, while enjoying far greater security.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X.
4  And this, because desiring to introduce in Rome new and untried institutions, he feared that his own authority might not effect his end.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI.
5  Nor, indeed, has any attempt ever been made to introduce unusual laws among a people, without resorting to Divine authority, since without such sanction they never would have been accepted.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI.
6  The institutions of the State consisted in the authority of the people, the senate, the tribunes, and the consuls; in the methods of choosing and appointing magistrates; and in the arrangements for passing laws.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII.
7  But all the reward which Antonius had for his pains, was, that Mutianus forthwith deprived him of his command of the army, and by degrees diminished his authority in Rome till none was left him.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIX.
8  These qualities were, in truth, so remarkable that the very magistrates, not to speak of others, stood in awe of his authority, a circumstance displeasing to prudent citizens, as before unheard of in Rome.
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Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIX.
9  In the first place, to enable a citizen to work harm and to acquire undue authority, many circumstances must be present which never can be present in a State which is not corrupted.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
10  To sum up, therefore, I say that those republics which cannot in sudden emergencies resort either to a dictator or to some similar authority, will, when the danger is serious, always be undone.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
11  Here, however, we have to take into account both the mode in which, and the term for which authority is given.
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Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
12  For when a dictator was appointed there still remained the tribunes, the consuls, and the senate, all of them invested with authority of which the dictator could not deprive them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
13  So that the senate, the consuls, and the tribunes continuing to exist with undiminished authority were a check upon him and kept him in the right road.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
14  Should they, however either from being deceived or otherwise blinded, be induced to bestow authority imprudently, as the Romans bestowed it on the Ten, it will always fare with them as with the Romans.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
15  Similar dissatisfaction grew up in Rome against the consular authority.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIX.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The local authority can apply for a supervision order for the child.
2  The local authority's approach to health care seems totally haphazard.
3  The United Nations has used/exerted/exercised its authority to restore peace in the area.
4  He's got the experience and the authority to carry it off.
5  A policeman has the authority to arrest lawbreakers.
6  The Prime Minister aimed to reassert his authority.
7  I have it on the best authority that we will be paid for our work next week.
8  The government says that local authority spending is excessive.
9  She now has authority over the people who used to be her bosses.
10  The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
11  The leader must be a person of authority.
12  The local authority may assist you to obtain alternative accommodation.
13  The speech bore the stamp of authority.
14  In a position of authority, a weakness for the opposite sex leaves you open to blackmail.
15  He is out of question the greatest authority on this subject now living.