Sentence examples for star figure from inspiring English sources

Cruyff led Ajax to three consecutive European Cups from 1971 73 and was the star figure as Holland reached the World Cup final in 1974.

The same program that, in 2002, reached the Elite Eight before a scandal led to the firing of coach Quin Snyder, the program's last great star figure.

"But I wonder if, when this person has this glorification, reputation, whatever, they start to become more like a music performer, someone who people gather around and turn into a star figure".

— When Brian Orser received an e-mail message last fall from an admirer of his star figure skater, Kim Yu-na of South Korea, he wrote it off as another piece of fan mail.

Now they want a new star figure and many party grandees have reached down to Harvard University for Ignatieff, bilingual and, like Segolene Royal in France, a new face the Liberals hope will have the wow factor to beat the Tories.

Google's self-driving car unit is taking Uber to court over allegations that a star figure in the development of automated vehicles, Anthony Levandowski, stole trade secrets from Google before he abruptly quit his job.

This is clear in the work of the exhibition's two star figures, both descendants of the Ming royal line, both Buddhist monks, both singular, snappish personalities.

Star figures at the main broadcasting network, CCTV, have been held for questioning, mainly for allegedly having given positive coverage in return for cash.

Nancy, a clothes-conscious girl with a film-star figure, a bespectacled countenance, and a coy, tiptoe way of walking, crossed the lawn and pressed the front-door bell.

Museums American Folk Art Museum Super Starsrs: Quilts From the American Folk Art Museum' (through Dec. 31) This location is featuring 20 quilts in which stars figure in some way, whether as pieced-together geometric forms or as little tufts of thread that suggest a distant galaxy.

Museums American Folk Art Museum Super Starsrs: Quilts From the American Folk Art Museum' (through Sept. 25) This location is featuring 20 quilts in which stars figure in some way, whether as pieced-together geometric forms or as little tufts of thread that suggest a distant galaxy.