Sentence examples for figure speak from inspiring English sources

For many pro-Palestinian campaigners, it was a relief to hear, at last, a mainstream American figure speak so robustly about the plight of those living under occupation, recently denouncing, for example, the "imprisonment" of the people of Gaza was "one of the greatest human rights crimes on earth".

Not only did this usually laconic figure speak eloquently about how music had given him a burning will to live and how he felt his approach had now deepened; the players he gathered around him raised the whole notion of orchestral solidarity, at a time when the structure was coming under question, to a whole new level.

And to hear the President who is in some ways a father figure speak to that, the tears came down like with many people in our families.

That is why I feel inspired at the chance to hear a public figure speak, without any bells, whistles or cameras.

The detective, a short, graying figure, spoke with precision.

Then the figure spoke, and said that it would support me in the election.

That one figure speaks volumes — and forests and coral reefs and coastal cities.

With a deep, plummy voice, and full grey beard, he cuts a Victorian figure, speaking in full, rounded sentences.

Another Afghan political figure, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the bank's directors gave Mahmoud Karzai shares in Kabul Bank to gain the protection of the president.

She was well aware of how to exploit a sitter's bemusement when confronted by this short-of-stature figure speaking in clipped sentences with a posh accent.

"The military chose to rule in the Mubarak style," said one senior Egyptian political figure, speaking anonymously so as not to harm his own interaction with the generals.