Sentence examples for the huge figures from inspiring English sources

In Bourges Cathedral the huge figures of the Apostles in the south clerestory are paired off against the prophets in the north clerestory, the representatives of the New Testament thereby receiving the full light of the sun and their Old Testament counterparts the more crepuscular light of the north sky.

One of the greatest testaments to the accuracy of Mad Men is that 82-year old art director, George Lois, one of the huge figures of Madison Avenue in the 1960s, wrote a furious article in the August 2010 edition of Playboy, in which he said: "The more I think and write about Mad Men, the more I take the show as a personal insult.

The huge figures begin the three-day commemoration of World War One.

The huge figures began the Memories of August 1914 commemoration, and will visit many of the city's landmarks before they sail away on the River Mersey on Sunday.

"It's not the huge figure that people have speculated about.

The day ended with officials saying the huge figure had been miscalculated and offering apologies.

And then, in the narrow doorway that led back toward the Presidential bedroom, there suddenly appeared, in Jack Valenti's words, "the huge figure of Lyndon Johnson".

Talk story about the huge figure of Chief Tammany who had stood in the niche below the roof of Tammany Hall for sixty-one years.

From two until four, Dyson writes, a number of people spoke "with the huge figure of Lincoln towering over their heads"; James Farmer, the organizer of the original Freedom Ride, "sent a message from his cell in Louisiana jail".

By John T. Winterich and James Thurber The New Yorker, June 29 , 1929P. 9 Talk story about the huge figure of Chief Tammany who had stood in the niche below the roof of Tammany Hall for sixty-one years.

The New Yorker, June 29 , 1929P. 9 Talk story about the huge figure of Chief Tammany who had stood in the niche below the roof of Tammany Hall for sixty-one years.