Sentence examples for authority wanes from inspiring English sources

As the government's moral authority wanes, violence has become its principal source of power — and violence is not a monopoly of the Revolutionary Guard and the Basij.

As the government's moral authority wanes, violence has become its principal source of power and violence is not a monopoly of the Revolutionary Guard and the Basij.

If the E.P.A.'s authority wanes, that citizen power from a half-century ago is likely to be invoked more than ever.

I vaguely remember my mother saying something along those lines, but, as is often the case, a parent's authority wanes in those late teen years.

And with Thompson's authority waning as his exit approached.

San Fernando de Béxar functioned as provincial capital from 1773 to 1824, but in subsequent years its political authority waned.

Although his authority waned in recent seasons, he was a team executive for 22 years -- a span that other general managers could only dream of matching.

As in the previous away game against Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland's authority waned after taking a merited lead and Michael McGovern saved well from Joel Pohjanpalo.

McDonagh bills this as the second part of his "glorified suicide trilogy", although it might more readily be viewed as a rueful wake for the Catholic church, mired in scandal, its authority waning.

First, David Cameron's authority is waning.

But the tabling of the charges was a sign of how the president's authority has waned.