Sentences with figure on
fig·ure on
F f - Jack worked as hard as he could to build his business, but he hadn't figured on a few obstacles. [VERB PREPOSITION noun/verb-ing]
- To be poor at figures.
- To be round, square, or cubical in figure.
- A slender or graceful figure.
- A tall figure stood in the doorway.
- A well-known figure in society.
- A controversial political figure.
- To make quite a figure in financial circles; to present a wretched figure of poverty.
- The frieze was bordered with the figures of men and animals.
- The dove is a figure of peace.
- Draperies with an embossed silk figure.
- The circle, square, and polygon are plane figures. The sphere, cube, and polyhedron are solid figures.
- To figure up a total.
- I figured that you wanted me to stay.
- His name figures importantly in my report.
- He quit the job when he didn't get a raise—it figured.