Sentence examples for usual authority from inspiring English sources

7 Sam Warburton, capt 7/10 Could not exert his usual authority at the breakdown.

Nemanja Matic was unable to stamp his usual authority on this contest.

"There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments," he codifies with his usual authority.

The choruses and soloists were generally solid, but the great baritone Sanford Sylvan, who sang Moses with his usual authority, clarity and nuance, was in another league.

Williams rarely got herself in a position to come to the net, where she has been so commanding in the past, and when she did venture forward she did so without her usual authority.

Partita for solo violin – written in 2006 and played here with her usual authority by Lesley Hatfield – helped clarify Watkins's propensity to create an unselfconsciously lyrical flow of material and to balance it with a consciously meticulous craftsmanship.

More than many of his peers, he can stare the usual authorities in the face, tell them what they don't want to hear and emerge unscathed.

Trinklein compares the Gold Rush crew to the party fraternity in Animal House, where young men without the "usual authorities" of pastors, wives, or official government were allowed to roam chaotically unchecked in the Western wilderness.

The veteran balletmaster Frederic Franklin should continue to play this part with his usual quiet authority.

Otherwise, Mr. Pape sings with his usual godlike authority, although he sounds like a very young Landgraf.

But while the American struggled to time her ground strokes with her usual bludgeoning authority, Sfar's inability to maintain a consistent length proved increasingly costly.