"figure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- An urbane, courtly figure, the professor declined to be drawn out about why he was not invited by the government, even though a book he wrote about the ancient library was distributed to visitors.
- His bespectacled father is shown sitting with a book in his lap and a cigar in his hand, a suave and courtly figure worthy of John Singer Sargent.
- Its wall paintings, also dating to about the 15th century, are mainly courtly, classical figures of Buddhist deities.
- While Huon introduces courtly figures into the conventional battle of Vices and Virtues, love is not the poem's primary preoccupation.
- Tall and patrician, he remained a courtly figure throughout his life.
- A Watteau specialty was the fête galante, putting theatrical and courtly figures together in idyllic settings where romantic fantasy could flourish.
- Though a courtly figure on the concert stage, Mr. Perlemuter had commanding presence and played with an alluring palette of colorings.
- His harshest questioning came from Mr. Kean, a courtly, patrician figure who is usually the most gentle and polite of the commissioners in questioning witnesses.
- Mr. Vance is a more courtly and less brusque figure than his British colleague, but the two appear to agree on all the major points.
- The image, taken in May 2008 and sent to Wiseman as part of a research project, was described in The Times as showing a "courtly figure dressed in a ruff".
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