Sentence examples for a universal figure from inspiring English sources

But he is a universal figure.

"I think he's kind of a universal figure," she said.

In her anonymity, the woman on the bus had proven to be a universal figure.

But I don't know if Malcolm Gladwell is a universal figure.

The weaver could be an individual or a universal figure, and the implied telling of stories is linked with the creative use of thread.

He says the reason the boxing movie endures is because the boxer is such a universal figure, while few of us relate to actors.

The troubadour wielding a stringed instrument and singing praises, dance tunes, love songs, histories or wry comments is a nearly universal figure in traditional music, from Appalachian banjo pickers to Moroccan gnawa musicians to West African griots to Japanese minyo singers.

Since then, however, Rumsfeld has become an almost universal figure of derision and contempt.

Slow-motion footage transforms a strange outsider into a kind of universal figure: if you've ever lost yourself on a dancefloor, you can suddenly see your own reflection in him.

"Mary is the Christian embodiment of a universal female figure present in nearly all spiritual and religious traditions," Mr. Viola said in a statement about the project.

That universal figure is portrayed (brilliantly, by Scott Shepherd) as a man who comes across a paperback copy of "The Great Gatsby" in his office, and is so captivated by its contents that they become his dominant reality.