Sentence examples for tenacious figure from inspiring English sources

Ezra Barnes, who also played Dr. Peric in the Pittsburgh production, is a mild-mannered yet tenacious figure as a man who loves his land perhaps too much.

A small but tenacious figure, he followed the progress of the invasion from his office at Government House, Stanley, taking shelter under his desk whenever the gunfire sounded close.

A shrewd and tenacious figure with a gift for showmanship, Lewis went from the life of a street hustler and used-car salesman in Philadelphia to the pinnacle of dealmaking in the boxing world of the late 1970s and the 1980s.

Mr. Hollande's camp exuded joy in first reactions after the debate, clearly relieved that their man had gone head-to-head with one of the most tenacious figures in French politics.

A retired police detective, Mr. Paroli has developed a reputation for being a tenacious, Boss Tweed-like party figure.

This central paradox in Margie's character — what might be described as a feisty defeatism — is beautifully conveyed by Ms. McDormand, who won an Oscar for playing a far more assured figure, a tenacious Minnesota police officer in the 1996 film "Fargo".

A tenacious pursuer of elusive figures in the news, she obtained exclusive interviews for her popular Barbara Walters Specials, which premiered in 1976.

A Swedish paper published a death toll of between a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, and this inflated figure proved remarkably tenacious.

"Scientists are tenacious and resourceful, so we figure out ways to get our work done regardless,'' said Dr. Evan Snyder, professor and director of the stem cell program at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in San Diego.

Orobets, known as a tenacious local politician, became a national figure.

Here acrobatic lifts are similar to what you might glimpse in pairs figure skating — the dancers may be tenacious, but skill level and flexibility varies — and the costumes are just as tawdry.