Sentence examples for poor figure from inspiring English sources

Vain, querulous, disputatious and stubborn, he often cuts a poor figure in that crowded company of geniuses, and his own countrymen responded accordingly.

Gandhi's beloved rural poor figure only intermittently in the consciousness of a country now focused on call centers, software entrepreneurs and movie stars.

Borrowers who want to put the minimum down will now be required to have credit scores of at least 580, a relatively poor figure.

The judge, Baron Huddleston, who makes a poor figure in this story, is now renowned for the ruling disallowing the defense of necessity, which is still the decisive precedent in murder cases.

The poster's light-tan background colour could easily be meant to resemble aged, yellowing paper from a bygone era... or it could be the skin this poor figure is missing.

Michael Noone, a skillful player, who had been in the Army for some time was afraid of cutting a poor figure on the hurling field, and it took a lot of persuasion to make him appear.

"They're very poor figures," said Jenny Diski, author and reviewer.

But these perky performances were overshadowed by the poor figures recorded in the three biggest economies.

What surprises me is that anyone is surprised by these poor figures.

The poor figures were rescued only by the consistent rise of food sales, which was repeated in March.

The oil price fall has outweighed poor figures from banking group Wachovia, and downbeat comments from US officials.