Sentence examples for figured authorities from inspiring English sources

CASAS NOVAS, Portugal — George Wright, the fugitive murderer who was captured in Portugal last month, 39 years after hijacking a jetliner and demanding a $1 million ransom, said he figured authorities in the United States had given up the chase long ago.

He figured Japanese authorities were too busy to keep him updated.

Figures of authority who come up short.

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

A new generation distrusted tradition and all figures of authority.

They become dependable and consistent figures of authority.

Monstrous parents and figures of authority abound in his work.

It wasn't a comic where figures of authority were in control".

A catalogue entry says that the figures "emblematize authority, its pageantry, and its subversion".

Figures in authority, notably the professor who is his boss, are particularly annoying.

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