Sentence examples for classic figure from inspiring English sources

Piazza has become the classic figure of the noble major league catcher: bloodied, muddied and finding a way to prevail.

"Picasso did classic figure drawing in the beginning, and then, after that, he abstracted," Owens told me.

Both discoveries help us see afresh this classic figure, who seems as interesting for being uneven and unpredictable as he is for his familiar commitment to unvarnished reality.

Female characters are women imagined by men, so it's always this classic figure of a sexy woman with a childish innocence".

As the volunteer's fingers brush over the sculptured features of the classic figure, she exclaims: "It's the expression that's the most mysterious here.

Unlike the con man, the impostor often carries a taint of psychopathy -- the classic figure being the conscienceless protagonist of Patricia Highsmith's "Talented Mr. Ripley," who kills a rich acquaintance and assumes his identity.

What has not been widely suggested is that women with classic figures are simply more fertile.

Beyond that, Saint-Saëns seems to find a special identification with classic figures from British royal history.

Victories in the 1986 Kentucky Derby and the 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic figured to have earned Ferdinand a cushy retirement when his racing days were over.

As it happens, these very same issues are discussed by moral philosophers in terms of the work of classic figures such as Aristotle, Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant.

And rather nervously, I've just touched the gloved hand of Grace Jones, who tells me, darling, how "I simply love those classic figures from the 30s and 40s … Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth.