I've not been an army wife all these years without having learned the voice of authority.

You have no place being a position of authority, especially over children.

I plan to give you the kind of authority you've never before had.

The guy was trying very hard to have the voice of authority.

But, what I had was the right level of authority.

The boy took the king's hands with an air of authority.

She was older than the other and moved with an air of authority.

Or to have a lot of authority over what you do?

He is said to have been a person of great authority.

I had no reason to believe her of less authority now.