Sentence examples for austere figure from inspiring English sources

As a midlevel Communist in the 1980's, Milosevic cut an austere figure.

Inevitably, this leads to the assumption that she will be a remote, austere figure.

On the platform, Brendel can come across as an austere figure.

His portraits show a withdrawn and austere figure and reinforce the impression of a man totally dedicated to his art.

But you probably never expected to see Lincoln's austere figure appearing in a holiday show — with music, no less.

To her surprise, she realizes that he is a serious though austere figure who speaks to her without condescension, as if she were a responsible adult.

The austere figures are shown against brilliant red hangings, the Virgin crumpling in grief, Christ's loincloth lifted by some mysterious force.

In this 'Night at the Museum' these austere figures of alabaster and bronze, clad in diaphanous tunics reminiscent of Isadora Duncan, come alive to the strains of Debussy.

The fact that he did it while studying for a doctorate in pure mathematics at Imperial College London sealed his image as an austere, cerebral figure, even by the standards of laptop electronica producers – not a subsection of the popular music world renowned for its outrageous flamboyance.

Hollinghurst is usually seen as an austere, detached figure.

And indeed, through the first few shootings --when almost no evidence was coming to hand, no phone calls being made or letters left behind -- the sniper seemed like a remarkably austere, remote figure.