Sentence examples for figure tells from inspiring English sources

That is their tendency to go along with whatever a seeming authority figure tells them.

One senior figure tells me it is a "ghastly swamp" of vested interests and bad behaviour.

Describes her looks and figure, tells about the working day of a model, salary home life, wardrobe, etc.

"Hollande is a mystery," Malek Boutih, a Socialist figure, tells Mr Binet: "I'll tell you my theory: he doesn't exist.

The point is not that every census figure tells a happy story, but that you need to think critically about the things you read in the newspaper.

You kneel in a carpeted room while an imam-style figure tells you of horrors outside and of the imperative to flee.

The terse response in Brussels is: "no chance," as one senior figure told me yesterday.

Travon's mother felt he needed an authority figure telling him what to do.

To the contrary," a senior Brotherhood figure told the Guardian in Cairo earlier this month.

As you bomb us, you too will be bombed," the dark-eyed figure told the camera.

Yesterday one leading opposition figure told the Guardian that Bell's new job was a "mission impossible".