5 sentences with 'superiors'
Example sentences and phrases with the word superiors and other words derived from it.
• « Along with their superiors, they urged judges to create a youth offender watch squad and impose tougher rules. »
• « Erasmus was criticised by some of his superiors within the Church because he was not officially authorised to carry out his studies and translations; however, he ended up producing an extensively annotated re-translation of the New Testament with numerous corrections. Importantly, these corrections were not just a matter of grammar, but of meaning. »
• « Before Casey's death, however, North did not link him to the diversion of funds on the most important occasion he had to do so: at a meeting on 23 November 1986, when then US Attorney General Edwin Meese demanded to know the truth about the Iran-Contra case on behalf of the President. Meese asked him which other government official was aware of the diversion of funds. North named his two NSC superiors, but, according to notes taken during the meeting, did not mention Casey, even though it "would have benefited him", says Meese. »
• « When one of your superiors asks you to be on time for morning planning meetings, this does not mean that he or she is about to fire you. Just consider the specific criticism. »
• « Republican statesmen of the 1780s and 1790s routinely expected and received deferential treatment from others, and ordinary Americans submitted to their "social superiors" as a matter of course. »