Sentence examples for figure driven from inspiring English sources

He also looks like a figure driven by sibling rivalry.

Only, Bond suggests, by assuming that the great dramatist was a tormented figure driven to self-destruction.

This film is strongly influenced by the more recent view, depicting Chertkov as a villain and Sofya as a passionate, neurotic figure, driven to despair.

The journalist had become a more glamorous figure, driven by idealism, legitimized personal ambition and a new level of skepticism toward the official story.

THE Baltic Dry index, a measure of shipping rates, is a notoriously volatile figure, driven by a whole bunch of factors including economic activity and shipping capacity.

Nasdaq and ICE expect about $740 million in cost savings three years after the deal closes, a figure driven by cutting jobs and eliminating duplicate back-end systems.

Then the American father figure drives off with a big smile on his face in his Cadillac.

The disappointing figures, driven by a sharp fall in the number of people swimming, also show that female participation – supposed to be a key area of focus – has declined and so did the number of disabled people playing sport regularly.

At a mathematical conference, the appearance of sinister figures drives the panicky Nash from the lecture stage and precipitates a wild chase across campus.

"People reporting dollar figures drives me nuts," Goldstein said of reporters' tendency to report ad buys simply by the sum total being spent.

While many of us in the labor movement have known this for a long time, recently released figures drive this lesson home - bucking the national trend, California has witnessed rising union membership largely due to organizing drives in sectors with high immigrant populations, including home care aides, car wash workers and scientific researchers.