Sentence examples for looking authoritative from inspiring English sources

"We women are just the same," she says gently, looking authoritative in huge polka dots and a tasteful hat.

Despite the name, candidates' pre-election debates are exercises in looking authoritative, imposing their talking points on the questions, avoiding gaffes, and embarrassing their opponents with "zingers" (the historic paradigm: "There you go again").

The 750 pound statue shows Mayor Washington looking authoritative in a business suit and tie and talking as if to a committee while clenching a document in his right hand and gesturing with his left.

"It makes me look authoritative".

He seemed to be pondering why men of another era - the 18th century, say - looked authoritative in their high-collared shirts, somber frock coats, and powdered wigs.

Close your eyes and hope for the best, mumbling some wise words of advice to clear your conscience and look authoritative?

Cameron seems to throw policies, opinions and loyalties around with the same abandon and again, the results look authoritative – in his case to voters.

In the only known photo of Norval, he's on horseback attempting to look authoritative and his family refused to recognise Bob when he once called on them for help.

Some of the laboratory equipment and chemicals are so old that they are no longer produced in their countries of origin.The doctors at the Saddam hospital still look authoritative in their neatly pressed white coats, but Dr Kalendar says they feel helpless before cases which they know they could treat if they had the resources.

Any accusations of presidential mismanagement have been so muted that he has been able to seize the limelight and look authoritative and statesmanlike In fact, together with Hilary Clinton, the White House team – whatever you think of their specific take – has appeared calm and professional by comparison.

She recently worked with a man in line for a chief executive role, helping him to look "authoritative enough" to represent the firm both on TV and to clients.