How to use "figure" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "figure" in popular movie and book plots

  • Gypo is then taken away by his former IRA comrades when they figure out it was he.  - The Informer (1935 film)
  • Kip suffers severe frostbite and is kept in a state of cryopreservation while the Mother Thing's people figure out how to heal him.  - Have Space Suit—Will Travel
  • The Queen, a figure difficult to please, introduces her trademark phrase "Off with her head.  - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • Meanwhile, the crew continues to try to figure out where they are and whether they can return to Earth.  - Starman Jones
  • They figure out that The Professor must be the one who stole the paintings, and enlist the police to help find him.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • An unseen figure raises a gun to the back of his head, a gunshot sounds, and blood sprays on the wall.  - American Beauty (1999 film)
  • In 1968, Garrison meets a high-level figure in WashingtonC.  - JFK (film)
  • On entering the locked room, the servants find an unknown old man, stabbed in the heart, his face and figure withered and decrepit.  - The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • As she is showering, a shadowy female figure suddenly comes in and stabs her to death with a chef's knife.  - Psycho (1960 film)
  • At a diner called Winkie's, a man tells his companion about a nightmare in which he dreamt there was a horrible figure behind the diner.  - Mulholland Drive (film)
  • The character that Scott gave to Robin Hood in Ivanhoe helped shape the modern notion of this figure as a cheery noble outlaw.  - Ivanhoe
  • Elin's sister Jessica sees that she is in love and pushes her to figure out who it is.  - Show Me Love (film)
  • While Ash tries to figure out what to do, both Linda and Cheryl pretend to be cured, only to quickly revert to their demonic forms.  - The Evil Dead
  • The elevator doors open on the figure of a tall, blond woman in dark sunglasses wielding a straight razor.  - Dressed to Kill (1980 film)
  • The beast then takes the form of a female figure and disappears through the door without opening it.  - Carmilla
  • The masses are shown oppressed by a giant warlike figure who gradually fades away.  - The Birth of a Nation

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