Sentence examples for obsolete figures from inspiring English sources

I dare say this practice will spread until only hopelessly obsolete figures like princesses, countesses and marchionesses survive.

Another environmental concern, the recent delineation of seven acres of wetlands in the quarry, or nearly a quarter of the property, has prompted opponents to argue that 198 units is an obsolete figure that should now be reduced proportionately.

David: Did you have any youthful ambitions to be obsolete cultural figures?

For a series entitled "Spitting," photographers Bruce and Fox capture lustrous and unforgiving portraits of the decaying facades of obsolete cultural figures.

An obsolete form.

Goldsmith believes that the Internet, with its cataract of words, made obsolete the figure of the writer as an isolated man or woman endeavoring to produce an original work.

The Carter Administration, in contrast, thought the Shah an obsolete, expendable figure.

Although this change is recorded in WormBase (Figure S1), the obsolete gene name C03B8.1 does figure in older publications.

So before it becomes obsolete, we'd better figure out what makes the LP a thing of wonder.

The V.A. now says that figure is obsolete, and that more recent data show its approval rates are much higher.

Some 1990 occupations have become obsolete and do not figure in the 1998 SOC.