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Sentences with figure on

fig·ure on
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  • 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.
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