Sentence examples similar to some peripheral figures from inspiring English sources

Some of the peripheral figures are winningly quirky.

They were peripheral figures even in the Russian revolutionary underground.

This kid is one of Mr. Alpert's more ingenious peripheral figures.

Even from these peripheral figures, however, Wilde provoked exceptionally vivid responses.

The good reputations of even peripheral figures were suddenly at stake.

Rangers made them peripheral figures for most of the time.

Peripheral figures have been easier, but the leads have been called "John" and, even worse, "Unnamed" for months.

The unlikely bedfellows drive much of the action but it's the peripheral figures who bring in many of the laughs.

The four men, who had been the focus of much of the prosecution's attention over the last year, are relatively peripheral figures in the case.

Police and intelligence officers however regarded Khan and Tanweer as "peripheral" figures, and no action was taken against them even after Khyam and his co-conspirators were detained.

They had been known to MI5 and the police for eight years but had been assessed as peripheral figures and thus not subjected to a full-scale investigation.