Sentence examples for figure names from inspiring English sources

A prominent Labour figure names Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, as a possible replacement; another suggests the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, which would introduce an interesting dynamic to her marriage, to Mr Balls.

The movement is led now by an elusive figure named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Mr. Reid, a British citizen, had studied Islam in Pakistan, reportedly with a figure named Sheik Gilani.

Rick Lazio belongs to the same party as a satanic figure named Newt.

In this secular Christmas celebration, a mythical figure named Santa Claus plays the pivotal role.

Its single biggest surprise is Tom Cruise in the role of a strutting, obscenity-spouting cult figure named Frank Mackey (Maslin).

At the end of the presentation, Mr. Langley recalled, the mystery figure, named Rupert Murdoch, declared, "Order four of 'em".

In the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras, the "gray cardinal" of ideological correctness was a severe, ascetic figure named Mikhail Suslov.

Noriko Shinohara's oil sketches on wine crates detail the sexual exploits of a braid-sporting figure named Cutie.

But by the season's end a Machiavellian figure named Spencer had decided to indenture Heidi to girlfriendhood.

Robinson gives Lila a mother figure named Doll and sends her two women on a similar journey.