Sentence examples for a certain authority from inspiring English sources

It had a certain authority.

After death Hatcher still retains a certain authority and cachet.

He didn't know exactly what she did, but thought she manifested a certain authority.

Moreover, the earliness of the commentary gave it a certain authority.

The eldest sibling, he said, held a certain authority over the two younger kids.

Unlike "sarcastic" or "snarky," which imply a certain authority, "sassy" suggests impudence.

She had a certain moral authority on the basis of her indigenous identity.

"You have a certain moral authority when you're the founder," Leonard Asper, 37, said.

Yet Ms. Woods's voice still has size and a certain gutsy authority.

Though the old-timers still wield a certain proprietary authority, it is not their street anymore.

Has going to prison given them a certain moral authority to speak now? "Of course!