Sentence examples for figure graciously from inspiring English sources

The leader of the Parisian Muslim community, Si Kaddour Benghabrit (Michael Lonsdale), is a kindly and cunning figure, graciously entertaining Nazi officers in one section of the mosque while hiding Jews in its basement.

Ten columnar female figures wound graciously about the dimly lit stage space, drawing near to one another in entwining pauses.

Dan Aykroyd and Jerry Seinfeld come to mind as public figures who have graciously shared their stories about definitive and tentative autism diagnoses.

This week, it was delivered in the form of her Rolling Stone cover story, in which she graciously styled herself as the Ben Kenobi figure to Justin Bieber's Luke Skywalker.

H.K. Luterman graciously provided the artwork for Figure 7.

But although in 2002 the American Academy of Arts and Letters graciously named Mr Plimpton as a "central figure in American letters", it is difficult to think of a title of his that will endure.

MMB graciously provided free samples and trusted village figures, such as the sarpanch (village head), were employed to win the farmers' confidence and establish credibility.

The sisters posed graciously for photographs before shouldering a magnificently dressed and bejeweled recumbent figure of the Virgin, carrying it through the streets, followed by a small crowd of photographers, tourists and local citizens.

Sharpton is a difficult figure to profile because he is always trying to anticipate his story and graciously trying to arrange his life to fit -- or alter -- the story line.

Later, the health commissioner said graciously, "He has more of a head for facts and figures, not so much names".

Described by many as a "Gentleman of the Old School" Bob was a major figure in New York real estate for many years, principally with Douglas Elliman, where his wisdom, so graciously dispensed, benefited all around him.