Sentence examples for poor figures from inspiring English sources

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

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

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

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.

The latest poor figures come despite the closure of about 70 poorly performing stores since Calver's revival plan began.

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.