Sentence examples for popular figures from inspiring English sources

Genial Gordon was one of the sport's most popular figures.

Popular figures like the Beatles were their guides, he said.

These views persist in popular figures of speech, such as "bulldog jaw".

IN THE 1930s Father Charles Coughlin was among the most popular figures in America.

Mr. Minor's collecting taste reflected many of the most popular figures of the past decade.

Wounded veterans are symbolically popular figures, if individually painful, and sometimes frightening.

MR. DRNOVSEK'S frankness has made him one of the most popular figures in the country.

There, Winnie remained one of the most popular figures on the list after Mandela.

A recent poll in Egypt ranked Nasrallah, Meshal, and Ahmadinejhad as the three most popular figures.

National polls consistently rank him among the five most popular figures in the country.

Chancellor Gerhard Schroder has stood by his minister, who remains a popular figures in German politics.