Sentence examples for were authoritative from inspiring English sources
adjective
Arising or originating from a figure of authority
- The authoritative rules in this school come not from the headmaster but from the aged matron.
Even if these studies were authoritative and uncontested, they do not include the other childhood vaccines, or their component parts.
And while some of its wins were authoritative, others were close, such as the second-round game against Houston won on Jordan Poole's buzzer-beater, or Saturday night's gritted-out victory over No. 11 Loyola-Chicago.
In ad 90, however, an assembly that met in Jabneh (an ancient biblical city near the site of the Israeli settlement of Yibna) ruled that the views of Bet Hillel were authoritative.
Now Paul, when he was writing his letters, he thought he was writing authoritative letters, but they were authoritative because he was an apostle who had founded the churches.
His reviews were "authoritative but never intimidating" and his tastes "populist but eclectic", ranging from Chinese kung fu and Disney animation to films by Ingmar Bergman and Werner Herzog.
On Thursday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency issued an English-language response to the reports that Mr. Jiang had died, saying they were "pure rumor" and quoting what it said were "authoritative sources".
The words themselves are authoritative.
What is authoritative is the score.
Men are authoritative while women are shrill.
They are authoritative but gentle.
