Sentence examples for surrogate authority from inspiring English sources

Younger heroes, from Harry Potter to baby X-Men, are easily redirected to reliable surrogate authority figures, but in troubled times mature protagonists like police officers and lone-wolf detectives are more often left reeling from the deaths of fathers and the treachery of mentors.

Angelo, the boarding school superintendent and surrogate authority figure, sentences Momaday to death for impregnating Caitlin out of Christian wedlock.

The parents, not wanting to believe the worst, corroborate the daughter's story with the irresponsible surrogate authority figures the child has wrangled just for this purpose, Heather's mom and stepdad.

His activity was reported to the authorities by at least one surrogate agency over the past two years, according to Mariam Kukunashvili, of the New Life Global Network, an international group of fertility centres.

Aquinas plainly rejects the idea that the state is a surrogate for paternal authority, or has God's authority over morally significant conduct.

The antiwar veterans group VoteVets.org offered public surrogates with moral authority.

However, when the patient becomes incapacitated, family surrogates are granted authority to make decisions regarding treatment options because of their proximate knowledge of what the patient would have wanted before they became incompetent [ 7].

And what gives these surrogate decision-makers the authority to decide whether Charlie's life is worth living?

Remember that you are not there to be a surrogate parent or an authority figure, but, instead, a friendly face for the child to communicate with.

The show ends with a bronze cast of John Paul II's hand, billed as a sign of welcome -- a contemporary (and slightly ghostly) gloss on the ancient idea that the portrait of the ruler is his surrogate and invested with his authority.

Too much formal authority can undermine a surrogate's effectiveness.