She likes to follow her instincts and play hunches and often comes into conflict with authority.

Charitably, you might say they represent the struggle of a generation to come to terms with a responsibility and authority they would once have rejected.

But people did talk, especially when someone they knew as a peddler came back with authority among Whitecloaks.

The next coach must come with intensity and authority and experience and toughness.

You don't come right off with authority, you're done.

There was the sound of muffled conversation, then a clear masculine voice came on the line, the unmistakable southern accent brisk with authority.

While in theory denouncing the whole of the modern world, and remaining within its fortress, in practice it came to terms with established authority.

It comes from someone with higher authority over you.

A big "no" vote comes with moral authority and power to embarrass.

Hoffman's observations come with a special poignancy and authority.