As they had noted, she was attractive enough, with ash-blond hair and the kind of figure usually described as willowy.

Many of the figures described here have little part in the rest of the poem.

A mysterious figure described in court papers as an "intergovernmental affairs specialist" was brought in.

But the base fare will remain $2, a figure often described as sacrosanct.

Mr. Clinton clearly knows that even in his home state, he may not be the revered figure described by his most earnest supporters.

Until then, he had been that most inhuman of creatures - the public figure described by others as 'very human'.

To date, no scholar has seriously attempted to identify the three figures described in 4Q175, but many associate them with a father and two sons.

When was the last time you heard a repulsive figure described as charismatic?

Sykes soon became a familiar figure on the New York social scene, being frequently described as an "It girl".

She had been the homely one, with her wide mouth and too square jaw and a figure best described as sturdy.