No figure in English history has called forth a greater range of evaluations.
I was about halfway up the line when a figure pushed out of the crowd and called my name.
Activists and public figures called for a boycott of that year's election.
A fine figure of a man, as Ben would have called him.
The house was so dark and still and the figure did not move or call to her.
One reason he came and went was that the most powerful figures in the federal government called upon him at critical moments.
The figure waved, and called in a powerful, familiar voice.
However, major figures in television, along with many religious leaders, had called for the show's removal and considered it to be of bad taste.
In their comments on the verdict, local and national figures also called for healing.
The figure called himself the devil and declared that he had come for Gary's life.