Sentence examples for background figures from inspiring English sources

I'd forgotten a handful of silhouetted background figures, barely discernible in the fog.

It was also her conscious decision to make a film in which men are background figures.

Though Kafka's legal background figures heavily in this bureaucratic satire, man's own irrational morality is also on trial here.

Moreover, background figures that can be used to support the allocation of funds are being requested more and more by governments and policymakers (Gutwirth 2009).

The princess's hair becomes a mirage, the background figures appear inchoate, and you can no longer see where a hand stops and the tray it is holding begins.

It is as if this were still about drawing a portrait of General Petraeus, only a better one, now, because we've added background figures.

"But not as a tray-toting, background figure.

To begin with, Nora stuck to her pre-ordained role as a background figure.

She is both an industry veteran and a newcomer to stardom, a background figure and a ubiquitous force.

(It is also unique among the "Screams" for its background figure turning to look out onto the cityscape).

As you move to higher F-numbers, note also that the foreground figure (in green) and background figure (in yellow) come into focus.