Sentence examples for colourful figures from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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

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

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

They included David Cameron, who features indirectly, as well as a host of other colourful figures including Iceland's prime minister and Vladimir Putin's KGB-turned-oligarch pals.

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.

A colourful figure with a flair for the dramatic, La Guardia became known as "The Little Flower" in token of his first name.