Sentence examples for a figurehead for from inspiring English sources

Mr. Mao has long been a figurehead for the pro-freedom, pro-market movement in China.

But Peterson remains a figurehead for the movement to block or curtail transgender rights.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz is seen as a figurehead for Tea Party conservatives.

Toni Morrison has become a figurehead for repressed minorities and underdogs.

But he will be far more than a figurehead for the franchise.

If anything, Mr. Kim appears for now to be a figurehead for his dead grandfather and father, many analysts say.

The A.N.C. have effectively sidelined him, but they keep him as a figurehead for the sake of appearance".

But it seems unlikely that somebody like Chalabi is going to emerge as anything other than a figurehead for us.

The singer was 24 at the time, and a figurehead for a movement just reaching its zenith.

One Labour MP said Benn would be a figurehead for repeated shadow cabinet rebellions if he was not removed.

Seen as a figurehead for the movement, Liu was taken into detention shortly before the document was published online.