Sentence examples for figure of authority from inspiring English sources

The movie director, in the age of the acknowledged auteur, or author, is also a figure of authority.

"He is probably a figure of authority," Mr. Kilgore said.

And they have control at half-back at last with Frédéric Michalak, a figure of authority.

C. J. Morse: One richly endowed goes down, a figure of authority.

Although Fraser won the subsequent election, Kerr was finished as a figure of authority.

Our father was a figure of authority, while Paul is more of a playmate.

He is the only figure of authority many of them have seen for several years.

We had lots of leaders then, but Mandela had begun to emerge as a figure of authority.

The onetime stock boy with a criminal record was now a figure of authority, if one believed his claims.

The series isn't just losing its main judge, or its second-largest cleavage – it's losing its sole figure of authority.

Susan Deacon remembers Sam the community policeman as a figure of authority when she was growing up.