Sentence examples for academy official from inspiring English sources

"Our kids are just as American as their kids," an academy official said.

"A distraught academy official managed to get everyone back in their seats for the end of the speech," Mr. Bona said.

Her one-page fax to the Sahitya Akademi said she did not want to accept a prize from a body linked to the government, said K. Sachidanandan, an academy official, according to the Press Trust of India.

An academy official insisted there was nothing fishy afoot – an honoree refusing to accept an honor, for instance – and that it was simply a matter of tracking down people who were traveling, on vacation or otherwise determined not to be disturbed.

The clincher, however, came after the speech in a phone call to Strakhov from a top academy official.

A sight gag that involved putting curvy beauty Sofia Vergara of "Modern Family" on a rotating pedestal while an academy official blathered on with boilerplate about TV as an art form drew some laughs from the live audience.

For this year's awards, academy officials went much further.

Mr. Bush would be welcomed here, academy officials say.