Sentence examples for forceful figures from inspiring English sources
Mr. Huhne, a former financial journalist who made a multimillion-dollar fortune in the investment business before his full-time entry into politics, has been one of the most forceful figures in the government.
In fact, she is one of her party's most forceful figures, adn some Republicans think she deserves a cabinet post in a new administration and even belonged on Mr. Bush's list of vice-presidential prospects.
C. 534 613 Burgundy, France Brunhild, also spelled Brunhilda, Brunhilde, or Brunechildis, French Brunehaut (born c. 534 died 613, Renève, Burgundy [now in France]) queen of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild, and one of the most forceful figures of the Merovingian age.
The sentiment in the room was said to be unanimous, but it was driven by two forceful figures: Jerry Stackhouse, an 18-year veteran, and James, a three-time M.V.P. Amid an orgy of contrived competition, relentless marketing, tired events and semiscripted outcomes, James's sudden civic turn was perhaps the most real moment of the weekend.
As the boy of the poems becomes a young man, Jones tries to get away from literal violence, embracing instead forceful figures for a welcome erotic appetite.
Apart from being the coming man in South Africa, he is by nature a more forceful figure.
As Eglantine, Lauren Flanigan is a forceful figure onstage, singing with scalding power when she decides not to give free rein to her vibrato.
The personification of American military power in the early 1990's, General Colin L. Powell is certain to cut a forceful figure as secretary of state.
Her replacement was rapidly announced: George Dixon, a former scheduler of BBC1 and BBC2, a forceful figure, and righthand man to Hunt when she ran BBC1.
But when Branch returned to the Patriots, he noticed a more drastic shift: Brady had become a more forceful figure on the team — a natural evolution, Belichick said — stepping into the vacuum created when more veteran players departed.
And a more forceful figure might have been better placed to warn member countries (in Albania's case, Italy) against the dangers of unilateral diplomacy.Well-oiled institutions may, at the margin, make a difference.
