Sentence examples for cheerful figure from inspiring English sources

Gorbachev cuts a relaxed, even cheerful figure these days, but there are still the occasional twinges of bitterness, particularly when discussing his arch-rival Boris Yeltsin, or when he described the plotters who put him under house arrest in the Crimea during their abortive coup 20 years ago.

In the Eleanor H. Porter novel Pollyanna, the heroine starts out a saintly, determinedly cheerful figure but must relearn the value of a sunny, giving spirit after an accident leaves her unable to walk.

That number is likely to grow.These are cheerful figures.

The terrible unborn who are to remember us as quaint and cheerful figures in an old daguerrotype are as unthinkable to us as men from Mars.

Compared to the bright, cheerful figures who typically populate the parade, the Macy's staff recognizes that B. Boy, with his moody color scheme and visible scars, is about as close as it can come to pushing the envelope.

Now James Sommerin is in charge of the kitchen, a cheerful, determined figure with a rising reputation.

"What are you going to do here?" asks Arad, a cheerful, Chaplinesque figure.

It may not be where you want to end up but it's certainly progress and I suspect many newspapers would be quite cheerful with figures like that".

He was a popular MP with his colleagues, a cheerful and jovial figure, often to be found in the corner of the Strangers' bar with his friend and fellow Wolverhampton MP, Dennis Turner (afterwards Lord Bilston).

It may have been the biggest fortnight of her career, but Konta has cut a disarmingly cheerful and relaxed figure in Melbourne, sharing restaurant tips with tennis correspondents and joking about splitting the domestic chores with her boyfriend, former coach Kether Clouder, with whom she rented an apartment in the city.

A swingy piano tune cued up, and, for the next twelve minutes, the crowd was transfixed by a cheerful parade of figures uniform only in their imperfection.