Sentence examples for a difficult figure from inspiring English sources

Derek Jarman has always been a difficult figure to categorise.

Schmitt is a difficult figure, his reputation tarnished by his antisemitism in the 1930s and his collaborationist stance during the second world war.

It is hard not to wonder if the witch, a difficult figure transformed by difficult times, isn't precisely what our stage needs.

It was particularly apparent when Sarah Palin - admittedly not a difficult figure to ridicule - was herded into the News Quiz lineup of acceptable targets.

"It may be that in career terms this has made me a difficult figure for the church to know how to deal with.

By Wolcott Gibbs The New Yorker, March 13 , 1937P. 73 Writer receives a letter from MacDonald-Heath, Ltd., tailors, advising him how talented their fitters are, even if a customer has a difficult figure.

"Björn Höcke is a very difficult figure, to be honest," she says, lowering her voice as if someone might be listening in.

When he asks one preservationist how many books survive microfilming, she tells him, "It would be a really difficult figure to keep track of.

Undoubtedly some of those commentators will speak of a different and more difficult figure than the one the exhibition presents.

She never overcomes her basic fear enough to accelerate to a speed at which the bike becomes stable, and she will flunk the driving test by dropping her Buell during a tight, difficult figure-eight test an automatic washout.

For an outside observer, Macklemore can be a difficult cultural figure to untangle.