Sentence examples for fictional authority from inspiring English sources

Fictional authority is a matter of suspension of disbelief: novels must convince us that the feelings of fake people matter.

We get to pick on an fictional agency based on the L.A. parking authority extensively, which is exactly why I enjoyed writing the piece so much.

The problem is with the long, fictional notion of authority by which we are all supposed to be connected.

Mr. Raad creates fictional characters who speak with great authority to persuade their audience that what they report is true.

They were buttoned-up authority figures, like the legendary fictional Professor Kingsfield, portrayed by John Houseman in "The Paper Chase".

They were buttoned-up authority figures, like the legendary fictional Professor Kingsfield, portrayed by John Houseman in "The Paper Chase". The personal lives of professors could only be imagined from the sparse clues of clothing, handwriting and the contents of offices.

At the request of the authority, the subway was renamed the fictional Inner Harbor station during filming.

While quite as compelling as her fiction, Patricia Cornwell's attempt to write a fictional last page for the Jack the Ripper case will always lack the authority of her novels.