Sentence examples for colourful figure from inspiring English sources

He is a less colourful figure.

In 2007, Tapie, still a colourful figure appearing in stage-shows, backed Sarkozy's presidential campaign.

Gill was an outrageous, colourful figure – adjectives that could also be applied to Dennis.

Since his 2012 arrest and subsequent release, Dotcom has been a colourful figure in New Zealand's political and media scene.

I'm old enough to remember when a thinly clad, colourful figure on a skimpy-looking bike with low handlebars was a rare sight.

Kobzon is a more colourful figure, known in Russia for his long Soviet-era career as a singer whose repertoire brought comparisons with Sinatra.

Among the more colourful figures at the turn of the 20th century were two Americans named Sam Loyd, father and son.

They were colourful figures, and clearly enjoyed the good life, growing vegetables, and keeping bees and hens.

The paintings he created soon after leaving Lastman still have a waxworks quality, with evenly lit, colourful figures acting in a clearly organized space.

Like Mr McCalman's shipmates, and the colourful figures who inhabit his stories, people are still trying to make sense of the reef's origins and character.

With his gravelly voice and provocative rhetoric, Bossi was one of the most colourful figures in a political landscape rich in mavericks and eccentrics.