with authority

idiom

: with the confident quality of someone who knows a lot about something or who is respected or obeyed by other people

She spoke with authority about the history of the building.

Examples of with authority in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hasn’t every person with authority promised repeatedly that victims have nothing to worry about because our names will be redacted? —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026

Talton walked The Republic newsroom with authority and savoir faire. —Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Caleb, not the only character here who must learn to trust, is a moody, arrogant sort of hunk, like James Dean with Duane Johnson biceps, who’ll clash with authority and with privileged rival and roommate Darem Reymi (George Hawkins), a Khionian. —Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026

Enhance La Jolla is a nonprofit with authority to augment services provided by the city of San Diego, including landscape maintenance, street and sidewalk cleaning, litter and graffiti abatement and additional trash collection. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for with authority

• exteriority
• inferiority
• superiority
• majority
• minority
• priority
• seniority
• sonority
• sorority