Sentence examples for figures dragged from inspiring English sources

US president Obama's comments last night – he declared there were no easy answers nor military solutions to the Crimea crisis – and yesterday's disappointing underlying durable goods figures dragged down sentiment.

The human reality behind the statistics is displayed daily on television across the world: bent, skeletal figures dragging themselves into feeding centres.In this section Fixing the vote Southern Sudan's starvation As Christians vanish from their cradle Past revisited?

That figure dragged down its net income but did not affect revenue.

Annual growth dipped for developing economies in 2009 but has since rebounded to about 5.3 percent a year, a figure dragged down by weaker peripheral European economies.

It began with a shaggy, Ancient Mariner figure dragging himself along a seashore.

Western Ukrainians have long loathed Yanukovych, whom they see as an unambiguously pro-Russian figure, dragging Ukraine "back under Russian occupation".

But, as a result, Malvo's Devil figure drags "Fargo" into his orbit, which in turn places Solverson — a younger, single-gal take on the Gunderson figure — in a more familiar role, as a smart cop whose boss just won't listen, pursuing a super-criminal.

The police insisted it was obstructing traffic and curiously figured dragging the driver behind their car in public was fair punishment.

The police insisted it was obstructing traffic and obviously figured dragging the driver behind their car in public was fair punishment.

Should the private lives of public figures be dragged into the spotlight?

But these figures are dragged down by writedowns of investments in such struggling companies as Metromedia Fiber Network.