Sentence examples for burly figure from inspiring English sources
I was approached by a burly figure fingering an enormous gun.
The burly figure of Harold Ashby, who has died aged 78, seemed to embody all the positive values of mainstream jazz.
"The colonial settlers can say that this territory legally belongs to them," says Mr Huenchullan, a burly figure with shiny black hair tied in a ponytail.
He is a burly figure with short, spiky salt-and-pepper hair that comes down low above his brow, giving him the appearance of an irritable bear.
Next to the wispily androgynous front men, the pianist was a burly figure with hair swept back in a distinctly 1950s style.
Instead: a burly figure with a lurching gait, some casual buffoonery, unexpected violent flare-ups, a voice more often surprised than snarling.
As the motorcyclist scanned the immediate vicinity, two burly figures leapt from the front of the BMW and opened the rear doors.
Inside him, a smaller, clearer-headed version of his uproarious self looks on, thinking, "What am I doing, am I out of my mind?" A pair of two burly figures hurry through the gaping guests and bring a quick end to the performance.
In all the most striking events of his life so far, this burly, garrulous figure had been beside him.
The next year a new election brought in the burly, boisterous figure of Samak Sundaravej.Mr Samak, once Mr Thaksin's sworn enemy, was now an opportunistic proxy for him.
A burly, dreadlocked figure with a cracking, plaintive rasp, Mr. Bennett played in the Replacements-influenced power-pop band Titanic Love Affair during the 1990s, and released four solo albums.
