Sentence examples for seemed authoritative from inspiring English sources

And then there were the letters on Congressional stationery, from supposed aides to senators, which certainly seemed authoritative.

But today's rumors have a self-perpetuating quality, which is accentuated by the erosion of trust in institutions that had once seemed authoritative.

I felt Harry's pain and I ended it because, in the end, the preponderance of evidence as to Harry's wishes pointed in a direction that seemed authoritative and reasonable.

Mr Rumsfeld said the reports of Atef's death "seem authoritative".

Strategists said they believed that the advertisement made Mr. Schwarzenegger seem authoritative enough to be governor and different enough to bring change.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said that he had been briefed on reports that "seem authoritative" indicating that Mr. Atef was killed, but he cautioned that it was too soon to say definitively that Mr. Atef was dead.

The joke on Obama is that the only experience that has served Hillary well has been the experience of raw, retail politics — the kind he turns up his nose at — which has allowed her to seem authoritative and professional and singularly unwhiny in speeches and debates.

Over the years, I have developed great skepticism toward so-called experts and pontificators who seem authoritative in forecasting and create an illusion of knowing based on very little actual expertise.

His words are basically nothing, he just presents them in an air that makes him seem authoritative.

Prominent authors with dozens of books may seem authoritative, but they often do not check their facts and may be awash in misinformation.

It seemed especially authoritative because Avcı, a conservative Islamist, had two children in Gülenist schools.