Sentence examples for figures spread from inspiring English sources
On Twitter, various people posted that a police scanner had said there were 32,000 people – or 32,500, or 32,650 – and these figures spread like wildfire.
Where biographies of far lesser and shorter-lived figures spread themselves over hundreds of gushy pages, Croall's book seems concise, judicious and complete.
The figures, spread over two floors, include the former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, Albert Einstein, Beethoven, Bach, Pope Benedict, Angela Merkel, Marlene Dietrich and an array of writers, artists and TV personalities.
It was hard to see why she would confide in the French ambassador, even if she really did prefer Cameron, and just as hard to see who profited from the story – which was comprehensively denied, and died quickly, though not before Labour figures spread it on Twitter in a losing bid to shore up their Scottish vote.
In the 1584 "Crucifixion," from the Louvre, which is a little more than three feet square, the group of mourners around the three crucified men is urgently compact, while on the right tiny figures spread out on the horizon as they slowly return to the city in the distance.
The latest figure spread-eagled haplessly on the field is that of Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, who has managed to go from hero to zero after less than two months in the race.
The most prominent figure spreading this conspiracy theory is Hannity, who has been asked repeatedly to stop by Rich's family.
The bright blue patches in this rendering feature an open, humanoid figure spreading its arms wide as if embracing space itself.
The Crippler featured a sinister figure spreading over playgrounds and farms, laughing over its victims, until finally dispelled by the volunteer.
But a Copenhagen-based German official opposed to the plan tipped off Danish political figures, who spread the word to the Jews, most of whom lived in Copenhagen.
Sony released its next-gen console two weeks ago in North America, and topped one million sales within 24 hours – a feat which Microsoft matched (although those figures were spread out between 14 countries).
