Sentence examples for marginal figure in from inspiring English sources

Mustafa Mahmoud is not a marginal figure in Egyptian society.

Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, was a vocal if marginal figure in contemporary Russian politics.

Calder, however, turned out to be a very marginal figure in the trust network.

Curiously, Zayd has remained a marginal figure in both Islamic and Western scholarship.

No longer a widely despised and marginal figure in New York politics, he is a widely despised and central one.

Before September 11th, he was a marginal figure in the administration, still smarting from a bruising confirmation battle.

The tragic part is, the actors are not marginal figures in American politics.

I've spent my life searching for these strange marginal figures in art.

The defendants, including "two shaggy-haired young Chechen brothers," were regarded as marginal figures in a case that many believe went much higher up.

Also on show were the crazed, born-again woman who adopted Wuornos then sold her out and various equally weird and marginal figures in Wuornos's already weird and marginal life.

Most historians see Buber and his sympathizers as marginal figures in Zionist history, but Hazony insists that these Jews, as well as their allies in Europe and the United States, were in the long run enormously influential.