Sentence examples for picturesque figures from inspiring English sources

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

Edith found the Yazidis to be "very hospitable, and apparently peaceful and industrious, and as they certainly are amongst the most picturesque figures in this land of ancient faiths and forgotten beginnings".

Benvenuto Cellini, (born Nov. 1, 1500, Florence died Feb. 13, 1571, Florence), Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, one of the most important Mannerist artists and, because of the lively account of himself and his period in his autobiography, one of the most picturesque figures of the Renaissance.

November 1, 1500 Florence, Italy February 13 , 1571Florence, Italy Benvenuto Cellini, (born Nov. 1, 1500, Florence died Feb. 13, 1571, Florence), Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, one of the most important Mannerist artists and, because of the lively account of himself and his period in his autobiography, one of the most picturesque figures of the Renaissance.

When first seen, it seemed to be "only one of the picturesque figures to be seen in the vicinity of the Chinese legation".

The New Yorker, March 27 , 1926 P. 7Alfred Lens, great and picturesque figure of American art died in Cuba last month.

— and scooped up Anna Held, a chanteuse with no great voice but a picturesque figure and a provocative way with a lyric in at least two languages.

Smith carried on an aggressive campaign as the "Happy Warrior" and presented a picturesque figure with his brown derby hat, cigar, and colourful speech as his trademarks and "The Sidewalks of New York" as his theme song.

A champion of urban America, he carried on an aggressive campaign as the "Happy Warrior" and presented a picturesque figure with his brown derby hat, cigar, and colourful speech as his trademarks and "The Sidewalks of New York" as his theme song.

He shows them as serious and pensive — more so than the adults around them — not like picturesque little figures or animals.

Other flavors of accessibility included Yehudi Wyner's plush, decidedly nonangular "Passage" (1983) and Steven Mackey's "Gaggle and Flock" (2001), with its thick double string quartet texture and picturesque sliding string figures, both on Saturday.