Sentence examples for figure fighting from inspiring English sources

While there is something undeniably pleasing about the notion of Raine as a Robin Hood figure, fighting the good fight against obscurantist critics, it soon transpires that though his aims may be high-minded, his methods are frequently anything but.

He is David to the US' Goliath, a Ned Kelly like figure fighting injustice while being hounded by the authorities.

Lowell took on substantial themes and envisioned himself as a tragic, heroic figure, fighting against his own demons.Mr Ashbery's verse, by contrast, is more beguilingly casual.

Ms. Stewart has said that she regards Mr. Abdel Rahman as a major political figure fighting an oppressive government in Egypt and that she felt it her duty to work aggressively to improve his prison conditions.

One senior Labour figure, fighting back tears, said the party had reached a momentous point and that there was now no possible way of salvaging the position, adding: 'Very senior people are reaching the conclusion that this can't go on.

The demo I was shown featured a Spider Man action figure fighting a webcam and then getting himself stuck inside a food container.

Most powerful are the groups of figures fighting, floating, or falling.

One of the most prominent figures fighting the Makhado mine is Philé van Zyl, a director of one of the biggest farming conglomerates in South Africa.

In a similar vein, many of the figures fighting subpoenas from the impeachment committee claim that complying with the subpoenas could jeopardize them in the federal investigation.

While witnesses heard shouts and saw figures fighting outside their windows, the rain and darkness made it difficult to see clearly.

GALLERIES — DOWNTOWN GEORG BASELITZ A suite of watercolors made last year by the German neo-expressionist hews close to his roots, featuring heavy, morcelated figures fighting through or swooning into bravura passages of paint.