Sentence examples for be a singular figure from inspiring English sources

NANCY MEYERS may be a singular figure in Hollywood — may, in fact, be the most powerful female writer-director-producer currently working (not that there's much competition) — but that doesn't appear to give the 60-year-old blonde a whole lot of social clout.

Holbrooke was not unaccustomed to being a singular figure.

Yet he was a singular figure, and he seemed to know it.

That only underscores that whatever Mr. Museveni's faults he is a singular figure in Ugandan history.

In the New York art scene, which is heavily populated with big-time collectors, Mr. Lauder is a singular figure.

Brooks, who coached the United States team to the Olympic gold medal in the 1980 Winter Games, was a singular figure in his profession.

With a deep grasp of television's ideology, structure and effect on our lives, and the artistic means to tackle it with wit and passion, Mr. Paik is a singular figure in the art world.

She was a singular figure of the time – breaking through the all-male literary and media gab fest at the time to earn a seat at the table on the power of her wit and intelligence.

He was a singular figure in a city where celebrity is typically the prerogative of politicians and professional athletes, and where the local news media sometimes seems determined to feed a longstanding civic inferiority complex.

Now, and by the way, I have to say that historically, he is a singular figure in American politics and has done as much as just about anybody on behalf of consumers.

At a time when creativity and originality seem to have been leached out of politics by a succession of dreary elections -- you don't have to look much beyond the New York gubernatorial contest this year to see that -- Sharpton is a singular figure.