be in authority
Example Sentences
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A woman who seemed to be in authority grabbed his wrist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2011
She obviously turned to him now with her greedy old eyes as the one who was likely soon to be in authority.
From Fortitude by Sir Hugh Walpole
Cornelia had noticed a girl who seemed to be in authority, and who sat where she could oversee and overhear all that went on.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
Upon this there entered the room he whom the coxswain had spoken of as the Midshipmite, and who I rightly conjectured to be in authority over these dare-devils.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
That those are in authority who ought to be in authority, and that they know what they are doing appears to them a truth of which there can be no doubt.
From The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Constance Garnett
