I'm sorry he had to be made such a figure of fun.

Look, I will make a little figure for your satisfaction; here he comes.

At one point it was very daring to make a figure red or blue.

A publisher could make and break local, if not national, figures.

I'm not making a figure - and yet I am, of course.

Cleveland's reputation for good government made him a national figure.

But it was his appointment as secretary of the environment in 1990 that made him an international figure.

You must have seen my daughter, for she makes a grand figure in the world, and everybody goes to see her.

These two are accompanied by a third figure made from bronze.

So they make a figure and set it on a rise.