Sentence examples for bit of a figure from inspiring English sources

"She has talent, particularly as a songwriter," says Andy, "but I think she was a bit of a figure of fun in the 80s, and though she's still churning out stuff, it's a long time since she was well-known".

The Los Angeles Times described the Christmas scene: "For a famous detective, Speriglio cut a bit of a mousy figure in build, curly hair, a gold bracelet on his wrist and an almost bashful smile on his lips.

He's a bit of a Jesus Christ figure really.

The arrest has made Mr. Sklyarov a bit of a cult figure.

So it might be worth considering the issues raised by Busoni, who was a bit of a Faustian figure himself.

Mr. Shelton, though, is a gentleman of the genre, and also a bit of a trickster figure.

He's got just a mom, and she works a lot, so my dad has been a bit of a father figure for him".

So now we have all the things we need: a charismatic person – maybe a bit of a parent figure – a sexual act, and an ambivalent mob, teeming with questions and fantasies about sex.

The boy who loves Rae is a bit of a unicorn figure: he's "fit" enough that girls want him, but he's remarkably unaffected by the opinions of others.

If I have a concern it's simply that the way Jacobi speaks Shakespearean verse is significantly different from the way that a younger generation approach it, but that may sit easily with an older Mercutio who is a bit of a father figure to young Romeo.

'Then just as I started coming out of it, 11 September happened.' What he says 'It's still amazing to me that I became a bit of a representative figure, because I was just so wide-eyed and innocent and amazed by it all.