Sentences with phrase «jovial figure»

She found «in the chain of the forced displacements and wanderings his family was made to endure, a story of origins much more complex, much more fascinating, and much more tragic than that of the effortlessly jovial figure his self - fashioning had suggested.»

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The bridge of the starship Enterprise crystallizes the dichotomy nicely: jovial, risk - taking James T. Kirk serves as captain, while the cold, reserved Spock is the first mate who figures out the technical stuff.

Children enjoy believing in a jovial mystical figure.

The communities secretary, who is well known as a jovial and memorable figure in the Conservative party, said the prevalence of signs was making towns and villages less attractive.

Then there is Eva Braun, played with charismatic verve by Kohler, whose jovial, hedonistic figure seems the very antithesis of Hitler's somberness — yet whose support for him never once wavers.

Reynold's Jerry wants to fit in — desperately — and he volunteers to work on the company picnic with the hottie from accounting played by Gemma Arterton, but two of the most important figures in Jerry's life have divided opinions on if that's good or bad; specifically, his dog Bosco and cat Mr. Whiskers, who speak to Jerry in a jovial slowpoke baritone (Bosco) or a coarse Scottish burr (Mr. Whiskers) and function as his super ego and id.

While Walker's narrative moves forward linearly, it is interspersed with scenes that add a level of surreal abstraction: flowering trees scroll by, a man in a top hat dances to jovial music, a figure who is half - human, half - bicycle wheels across the screen.