Sentence examples for genial figure from inspiring English sources

A rotund and genial figure, he is partial to flannel shirts, bolo ties and sandals.

At home in South Africa, remarried and a grandfather, Slovo was a genial figure.

Headliner Luke Bryan also falls under the bro-country umbrella, but cuts a far more genial figure.

He was a distinguished scholar of Islamic and Western political philosophy, and a genial figure who enjoyed spending hours conversing with his students.

"President Nixon and his staff just looked at the plan and said, 'Are you kidding?'" says Logsdon, a white-haired, imposing but genial figure.

Perhaps the best analogy is to imagine Assad as a rather genial figure like George W Bush surrounded by a family of Dick Cheneys.

Early and important figures — Eduardo Saverin at Facebook or James Finney at Comstock — were celebrated as genial figures, but pushed out for a fraction of the eventual riches.

At first, Leonato is the most genial father figure imaginable.

Mr. McGuinness is renowned as a genial, charismatic figure and is an experienced campaigner.

Bill Cosby, known mostly as a genial father figure who contributes to a wide range of black philanthropic causes, found himself immersed in controversy this week.

Panahi himself is the driver, a genial, smiling figure who never seems to know quite where he is going and who tends to allow his passengers not to pay him.