"figure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She may be a kindly, matriarchal figure, but she holds the keys in the way, as an officer, she once held a pistol.
- A matriarchal figure stirred a mighty pan of couscous as it warmed over an open fire.
- Both matriarchal figures had adages and meises (or old wives tales) for all occasions.
- She is best known for playing matriarchal figures in the films A Family Thing, Soul Food and The Ladykillers.
- Sycorax has been described as the matriarchal figure of The Tempest.
- She owns a tavern in Amphipolis, and is a prominent matriarchal figure in the community.
- Dr. Hardy, a tall, black matriarchal figure who mixes sternness and tenderness in nudging her charges to perform, is central to the transformation.
- The matriarchal figure keeps silent about her struggles, knowing that the same final pain visits everyone.
- Hammond was installed as a matriarchal figure of the Jackson clan but quit the role in 1997, reportedly because she was suffering from nervous exhaustion.
- Lorraine Graves was an especially powerful matriarchal figure.
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