Sentence examples for figure of the time from inspiring English sources

The programme featured an interview with Steve Messham, an abuse victim who said a senior political figure of the time abused him.

No other figure of the time even approached his combination of acuity and principle on this historic point, which may contain a clue as to why the American revolution has outlasted the more ostensibly "Marxist" ones.

She was a singular figure of the time – breaking through the all-male literary and media gab fest at the time to earn a seat at the table on the power of her wit and intelligence.

Less skilled women found work as hawkers selling their products in markets or on the street; the "hot corn girl" was a well-known street figure of the time.

In Western musical notation the number of beats to the measure is indicated by the upper figure of the time signature at the beginning of a musical composition, while the time value of each separate beat (e.g., a quarter or eighth note) is indicated by the lower figure.

He inherited from Ecgfrith a troubled relationship with Wilfrid, a major ecclesiastical figure of the time.

Another important figure of the times was Marie Rée who ran the local newspaper Aalborg Stiftstidende until 1900, often promoting women's rights.

Aue mixes with the leading historical figures of the time, and the intricacies of Nazi bureaucracy are depressingly real.

As a young man, Fontanes lived in Paris and associated with the important literary figures of the time.

Cottom's study of bohemianism draws from the biographies of notable and influential figures of the time, including Thomas Chatterton, George Sand, George Eliot, Henry Murger, Alexandre Privat d'Anglemont, Walt Whitman, Ada Clare, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

I met many of the great figures of the time, from Reagan and Thatcher to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and closely observed their characters and actions.