Sentence examples for talented figures from inspiring English sources

The new Liberal government that followed was led by Lester B. Pearson, who included talented figures in his cabinet, though many of them were inexperienced.

However, the top Boom or Bust candidates are Shane Watson and Ian Bell, both of whom are established and talented figures but who could potentially come under pressure.

Like most students of Wells I came to the conclusion that he was riven with contradictions in principle and practice, but that he was also one of the most interesting and prodigiously talented figures in 20th-century cultural history.

They both played an outsize role in the culture, arriving at just the right time to let their personal obsessions flower into creativity and a genuine passion for good writing support many talented figures.

Fewer talented figures are attracted to politics.

Congress in Reed's day had many powerful and talented figures, but he rose to the top as a tough partisan who made himself a master of the rules and ways of the House.

Ms. Snedeker was also a talented figure painter, as a work like "Weekend Couples" (1937) amply demonstrates.

Kinny was a talented figure skater in her youth and was the Senior Lady Champion of the Princeton Skating Club.

Margot James was an early supporter of May and is widely regarded as a talented figure in the party who was overlooked by Cameron.

At a dinner earlier this month, he made gentle fun of Bernard Kouchner, the embattled head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo, for publicly begging for funds, and then he described him as the most talented figure in the United Nations and evoked the impossible conditions in which he worked -- as Senator Warner will have described to you, Barbara".

He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of spirituality, a bold and talented figure shattering widespread misconceptions and biases.