Sentence examples for universal figures from inspiring English sources

Universal figures such as the chacona — "memes," as musicologists call them, borrowing from sociobiology — reveal the interconnectedness of all musical experience.

But he is a universal figure.

Since then, however, Rumsfeld has become an almost universal figure of derision and contempt.

"I think he's kind of a universal figure," she said.

But I don't know if Malcolm Gladwell is a universal figure.

In her anonymity, the woman on the bus had proven to be a universal figure.

The weaver could be an individual or a universal figure, and the implied telling of stories is linked with the creative use of thread.

He says the reason the boxing movie endures is because the boxer is such a universal figure, while few of us relate to actors.

If it could get other members of the original cast to return, Universal figured moviegoers would turn out for a fourth movie — and bring their kids.

Slow-motion footage transforms a strange outsider into a kind of universal figure: if you've ever lost yourself on a dancefloor, you can suddenly see your own reflection in him.

"The question is, How do you become a universal figure when you represent movements that have claimed the right of equality for you in your difference?" said Joan Scott, a professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study.