Sometimes a lascivious voiceover will remark on her charms.
[Bevan's "vermin" remark - one of the most famous jibes in politics - was adroitly turned against the Attlee government by Tory speakers, who pretended it insulted their voters rather than policy makers.
"When Charles Saatchi was photographed with his hand to the throat of Nigella Lawson, numerous women's services came forward in Australia to remark on the fact domestic violence cuts across all social demographics but is more hidden among the demographic that would otherwise rarely come into contact with community services," she wrote.
Learned societies bred journals such as the Manchester Guardian, so that Sir Robert Peel could remark, "What Manchester thinks today, the world does tomorrow".
The Great One had already rewritten much of the NHL's record book when he joined the show in 1986 and made amends for his infamous "Mickey Mouse organization" remark about the New Jersey Devils.
When it was explained that he was taking the day off, she ever afterwards would remark plaintively: "Of course, Tim doesn't work on Fridays".
Even when I've stepped into the media in my role as an academic, my appearance has caused confusion, leading one TV critic to remark: "Clearly whoever commissioned a three-part series on Biblical scholarship for BBC2 was entirely indifferent to the fact that it would be presented by someone who looks as if she's shimmied out of one of the hotter passages of the Song of Solomon".
Mr Mandela inspired affection among millions he had never met and, among those he had, few failed to remark on his extraordinary ability to empathise and in return command respect.
In real life, the easygoing Mr Kennedy is not snooty; the equable Mr Hague is seldom angry; and the humility of Mr Blair is not invariably the first attribute that people remark in the prime minister.
The one exception was Abbott's remark when he urged Indonesia to "reciprocate" for Australian aid by sparing the lives of Chan and Sukumaran.
It was a remark that made me think of when Spinal Tap played Rock'n'Roll Creation, each member emerging from pods, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers-style.
