Sentence examples for calm figure from inspiring English sources

Akomfrah sees Hall as a calm figure who insists on the fundamental topic of equality – yet without getting angry at the surface flashpoints of history.

He travels with a martial arts master, an eerily calm figure who dresses, ninjalike, in black, and can do sit-ups while balanced on a soccer ball.

If anything, the slight, calm figure in an orange county-issued jumpsuit confounded anyone who might have sought easy answers to how a mild-mannered boy with a mischievous smile could commit such a crime.

And when riots tore at Detroit, Newark, Los Angeles and other cities, he walked the steamy night streets of Harlem and other black areas, tie askew, jacket flung over the shoulder, taller than anyone else, talking to people with only a detective at his side: a calm figure of civic dignity.

Jol cut a strangely calm figure in his post-match news conference as he was peppered with questions on his future and whether he still has it in him to lead this Fulham team to safety.

In contrast, the calm figure of Real coach Carlo Ancelotti was able to enjoy his own place in history alongside Bob Paisley, joining the former Liverpool manager as the only men to win the trophy three times as a coach having previously secured the crown twice with AC Milan, and twice as a player.

He had to send troops to Northern Ireland, and became a popular and calming figure there.

England will go into next year's Six Nations with a young fly-half from a famous rugby league dynasty as a calm, controlling figure in the pivotal number 10 shirt.

A calm, paternal figure, he calls the "Ring" the hardest and the most exciting project of his life.

Mr Juppé, who acts as a calm authority figure next to the more impulsive president, has seen his standing rise already.

Instead, the Karmapa fled to Dharamsala at the age of fourteen, and now, at twenty-four, has matured into a calm, commanding figure who is sometimes seated at the Dalai Lama's side at public events.