"figure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He decided to play the part as a lovable and avuncular figure to escape from his image as a "horror" actor.
- Walter became an avuncular figure in the concert hall and the recording studio, exhorting his string players in rehearsal to "sing."
- In both these incarnations, Jameson's abrasive, flamboyant personality was toned down and the character was portrayed as a more avuncular figure.
- Onstage, Mr. King passes himself off as an avuncular, happy figure; in contrast, his solos sound anguished.
- Looking back, President Eisenhower seems a benevolent, avuncular figure.
- Ruddock, forty-three, stocky, with a gray mustache and a perceptible spare tire round his middle, cut a more avuncular figure.
- Now Qaddafi claims that he has no formal role in Libya and is simply an avuncular figure dispensing wisdom when asked.
- Fortunately, after a few months, this officer was replaced by a more avuncular figure and the threat receded.
- Mr. White is regarded as one of the best-connected men in Sacramento, an avuncular figure untainted by scandal.
- Handel, Vivaldi and Bach thus become avuncular figures, readily chatting with the under-10 set, yet they are also revealed to be wondrous artists.
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