Example sentences for: authoritative

How can you use “authoritative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It was ponderous, authoritative, and dedicated to the proposition that the world was changing slowly enough that giant tomes were the perfect vehicle for communicating information about it.

  • This and a similar ecumenical agreement with Lutherans have not been embraced as authoritative by the Vatican.

  • Confessing to interviewer Alessandra Farkas that The New Yorker was still in the red, Remnick said he is pleased that it has been rechristened "the most authoritative and prestigious weekly on the planet" because "when you're the best in your field, it's inevitable that sooner or later you become profitable."

  • Both volumes serve as authoritative references to the standards and interpretations.

  • "As a guide in expounding and applying the provisions of the Constitution," wrote Madison, the document's primary author, "the debates and incidental decisions of the Convention can have no authoritative character."


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