How to Use authoritative in a Sentence

authoritative

adjective
Definition of authoritativenext
Synonyms for authoritativenext
  • The book is an authoritative guide to the city's restaurants.
  • She addressed the group with an authoritative voice.
  • His manner is polite but authoritative.
  • The key with all stories is to find the authoritative sources and then try to double check them.
    — Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Wave your arms, clap your hands, and shout in an authoritative voice.
    — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
  • DeMar DeRozan tried his best to complete one of his authoritative fourth-quarter stands, but even his 15 points in the period weren’t enough to pull the Bulls back in front.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • All of a sudden, an authoritative man in a fancy suit and a natty hat arrives.
    — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • But the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has declared Phil the authoritative groundhog in this quirky myth.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Blain-Cruz was relaxed, authoritative, and ready to laugh.
    — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Memes and GIFs are the authoritative vernacular in almost all of my group chats.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2022
  • To see the authoritative ranking of the current corporate world order, see our full list here.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Her light but authoritative touch is on everything from scripts to wardrobe.
    — Tanisha C. Ford, Time, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The monarch’s fashion choices tend to skew a little more authoritative in 2023, with office-ready trouser suits and court shoes.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Central to the Billboard Arabia site — and any other platform bearing the Billboard name — are the authoritative charts that will live there.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There is kind of a blurry delineation, though, as to how advanced a player needs to be in order to swing an authoritative hammer.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 June 2022
  • From the adjacent stall comes an authoritative voice (J.K. Simmons), one that knows a little too much, that’s a little bossy, that speaks in mysteries.
    — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • Evidence of the bribery scheme has always been thin, at best, with most authoritative news outlets treating the claims with incredulity.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Another person may have an authoritative role in your life at the moment.
    — Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Could there be a more opportune moment for an authoritative book on the border crisis?
    — Harold Holzer, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The chesty metal voice was gone, replaced by something soft and assured, authoritative.
    — Jamie Fisher, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
  • One of these approaches was dominance: in it, the leader described their tendency to be authoritative and decide what is best for the team.
    — Hemant Kakkar, Scientific American, 30 May 2022
  • Landing earned media placements also helps ensure authoritative sources link back to your site—which is great for SEO.
    — Miriam Ravkin, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • The show clearly won’t be the same without his authoritative and avuncular presence.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Although Wikipedia is not staffed with professional journalists, it is viewed as an authoritative source by much of the public, for better or for worse.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 20 May 2022
  • The mood is calmer and more deliberate, and my feed tends to highlight posts that have already drawn engagement from authoritative voices.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Nothing can extinguish the fire of a people that is burning to thrive outside the confines of an authoritative, theocratic regime.
    — Sara Li, ELLE, 2 Feb. 2023
  • These all-in companies are the subject of the latest book from two authors who are quickly building reputations as authoritative voices in the field of AI.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Link to authoritative sources Most readers tend to be more trusting of content that links to authoritative sources.
    — Jon Stojan, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In that context, in the absence of sufficient access to authoritative opinions of professionals, patients are going to use this all the time.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
  • About Us is a twice-weekly newsletter that seeks to be an authoritative voice on issues of race and identity in our rapidly changing country.
    — Staff Of About Us, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022

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