How to Use authority figure in a Sentence

authority figure

noun

• There’s a lot of pressure on you right now to perform, meet impossible demands, or satisfy an unforgiving authority figure who’s not cutting you much slack.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
• There may not be any authority figure to tell you how to manage your life in a functional, stable way.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
• An authority figure may reward you when the sun aligns with Saturn.
  — USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Ellsberg would look back with a sense of loss and mistrust — his father, the authority figure, had failed to keep his family safe.
  — Hillel Italie, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• Gemini May 21 – June 20 An authority figure might seem to be out to get you today.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 24 May 2024
• The perception of me being an authority figure or someone that makes a difference in this world and is known.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
• So was having an authority figure ask her to do something.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• An authority figure may propose a new way of doing things today.
  — USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
• Gemini May 21-June 20 Winning the approval of a stern authority figure could seem urgent now.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
• The problem is when an authority figure assumes that spinning a whimsical yarn is a problem.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
• A little common sense Don’t let teenagers, especially girls and young women, be left alone with a cop, a priest, a minister or any other authority figure.
  — Washington Post, 26 June 2024
• There are unquestionably times when children need to get an authority figure involved, Kalman says.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Also, her Capricorn ascendant showed a person with a tremendous amount of stamina, who was (quite literally) born to be an authority figure in life.
  — Women's Health, 4 May 2023
• As the emotional Moon joins frustrating Chiron in your ambition sector, an authority figure could be pushing you around in a way that triggers old wounds.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• Heyward has been one of the most impactful veteran additions, emerging as both an authority figure and wisdom-imparting mentor for a team in flux.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• But in a lot of ways … the most important takeaway, whether the person is a authority figure, a music mogul (or) an actor, is that these individuals leave in their wake mothers, fathers, sons and whole families destroyed.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• Virgo August 23 – September 22 Your attention to detail can win you the approval of an authority figure today.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2024
• The breakout character: Dean Hardscrabble, the imposing but reasonable authority figure at the school with a memorable design and the regal voice of Helen Mirren.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
• An authority figure may act in a way that triggers sensitivity.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
• The Saunders are Hasidic Jews, with Danny apparently destined to succeed his father as rabbi and authority figure.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2024
• But when David relapses, Verghese must navigate their relationship and his role as an authority figure.
  — townandcountrymag.com, 4 June 2023
• Words can hurt, particularly if a peer or authority figure’s unexpected criticism or comment hits a nerve for you.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
• Virgo August 23 – September 22 Support from an authority figure or powerful person might be right around the corner.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2024
• April 20 – May 20 Thoughtful comments from a respected authority figure can nourish your current sense of security.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
• At the risk of reducing an extraordinarily versatile actor to just one sweet spot, it must be noted that Tom Wilkinson had a particular genius for playing the gruff authority figure with a wry twist — a hidden streak of zany rebellion.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• The difference is perhaps because the rifle association video features a cartoon bird called Eddie Eagle rather than an authority figure, Bushman said.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 18 July 2023
• Accidentally or purposefully, this authority figure could be holding you back rather than lifting you up!
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024
• Taurus April 20 – May 20 Thoughtful comments from a respected authority figure can nourish your current sense of security.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
• Cancer June 21-July 22 An authority figure could currently be displaying a bad attitude toward you.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
• While medications are prescribed by an elite medical authority figure, supplements are peddled by entrepreneurs beholden only to the market.
  — WIRED, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024