Sentence examples for sad authority from inspiring English sources

Salman Rushdie, who speaks with some sad authority on such issues, was succinct, calling them "six authors in search of character".

Camus sounds serious, but he also sounds sad — he added the authority of sadness to the activity of political writing.

It is a sad commentary that the authorities are most worried about a market that they were unwilling to do anything about when it was growing and growing.

"[Her conviction] is another sad example of the Iranian authorities' attempts to silence brave human rights defenders," the FCO said.

The arrests of five of its members was "a sad mistake" by the UK authorities, Anonymous.

But in November, authorities delivered the sad news: DNA recovered at ground zero matched Amanullah's.

Council leaders said the proposals were sad but vital as the local authority, the UK's biggest, tries to make savings forced on it by Westminster.

The melancholy Cham songs were particularly popular, and most authorities believe that the sad southern style of Vietnamese singing is derived from them.

The Vatican instruction on admission criteria to seminaries is a sad example of how Roman curial authorities missed an opportunity to provide leadership for the American church.

"These things are valuable, though of course only exciting to sad people like me," John Pilling, a world-renowned authority on the author, said.

Sad to say, within days, Archbishop Welby's authority suffered a knock.