Sentence examples for characters of authority from inspiring English sources

"All those tropes — the fireman, the cop, the doctor — they're all characters of authority," said the actor.

Although the bulk of his work was comedic-based, often parodying characters of authority such as military officers or policemen, he also performed in other film genres and roles.

And in that recurring dream, I found myself trapped in some sort of gigantic game of which I was unfamiliar with the rules; lost in a labyrinthine town of dark and damp, criss-crossing streets, ambiguous characters of uncertain authority having no idea of why I was there nor what I had to do, and where the first sign of the beginning of understanding was the wish to die.

Karoly's account of a shift in the authority under the Turnbull government matches that of Hamilton, who told me this year that "the whole character of the authority changed".

The character of the authority has changed, too.

But nobody had to question his character or his understanding of authority.

Yeah, that happens when you play characters who are in positions of authority and you're not the lead.

If they haven't fallen, they are simply characters that are in positions of authority that should be good, but aren't.

Almost always he was a good guy in a position of authority – a character with whom you messed at your peril.

That this doesn't happen here has everything to do with Mr. Whitehead, who plays his character on a single note of authority edged in exasperation, something this actor's booming baritone conveys effortlessly.

He himself is very unlike Darcy, he said, especially in the character's belief in his own sense of authority.