Sentence examples for before authority from inspiring English sources

He acknowledged that the Japanese instinct to bow before authority — called "okami," literally "the one who is above" — would make it difficult for jurors to challenge the dark-robed judges.

Do they tend to crumple before authority?

L. 94 581 substituted "the President" for "he" and struck out "his" before "authority".

"We hire people who don't take no for an answer, who don't cower before authority, and who are smart".

My editors try to persuade me otherwise, but even my instinctive cower before authority has left me.

The resistance to change is also cited as a national weakness, as the reason for the tenacity of habits like drunkenness, inefficiency in the workplace, resistance to new methods or routines, innate suspiciousness of foreigners and submissiveness before authority.

The week before, authorities in New Jersey said a 45-year-old man named Ronald Gwaltney was fatally shot.

Quintero was not home because he had been arrested in connection with an auto theft and pursuit arrest the day before, authorities said.

As I've said many times before, question authority.

He fled before authorities arrived.

Analysts caution against assigning blame before authorities complete their investigation.