Sentence examples for roman profile from inspiring English sources

Next to Mr. Noth's magnificent Roman profile, Mr. Sisto seems to be missing cartilage -- and acting technique.

It is strange, and quite moving, to see a man renowned for his matinee looks, his Roman profile and commanding wit so reduced by time.

Our guide this morning is named Harry; he is a middle-age man with a trim gray beard and a handsome Roman profile.

Take "Theme Sheet," the name given to one of the first displays: it tackles no fewer than 16 different subjects, including various geometric designs, a man with a "Roman" profile, a rearing horse, a bell tower, strands of curly hair, a tree and two stems.

Hegel gives an example of genuinely beautiful form in his discussion of Greek sculpture: the famous Greek profile is beautiful, we are told, because the forehead and the nose flow seamlessly into one another, in contrast to the Roman profile in which there is a much sharper angle between the forehead and nose (Aesthetics, 2: 727–30).

Possessing an ideal Roman profile, she's a Brutus given to brooding while shoving her hands in the pockets of her slacks.

Colors are bold, often augmented by gold and silver leaf; exaggerated Roman profiles recur, rendered with a surprisingly delicate touch.

It's extremely Roman in profile.

Mary Beard's latest book is Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town (Profile) Richard Feynman said a "physicist commenting on anything but physics is as dumb as the next guy" and there is something to be said for that.

Posy Simmonds, a shrewd political commentator, noted during the 2001 election the "roman emperor" profile of the chancellor: similar tendencies to arbitrary power, now given their chance by the prostration of his party and the defection of its members.

Bloated and rollicking, "Game," which ran from 1968 to 1971, used the Roman-coin profiles of its stars, Gene Barry, Tony Franciosa and Robert Stack, as iconic representations of good will, sending them to investigate society's ills -- drug addiction and racism, among them -- through the, um, fast-paced world of magazine journalism.