How to Use figure in a Sentence

figure

1 of 2 noun

• Are you sure of your figures?
• We could barely make out some figures moving in the mist.
• The vase is decorated with figures of birds and fish.
• The walls of the cave are covered with drawings of human and animal figures.
• I came up with a very different figure.
• The company had yearly sales figures of half a million units.
• No precise figures are available yet.
• The figure marks a four-year high.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
• The figure stretched on the bed grinned at her.
  — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
• Those figures, too, are record highs.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
• The figure was the same in June.
  — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
• Kalshi has put the figure as high as 90%.
  — Mick Mulvaney, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
• Helix figures to be good for some time.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• By the same stage in this one, the figure was 23.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• Not all the figures are in place, but there are enough to show how prices changed.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Both figures mark career highs for the act.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2025
• Here, too, a human figure tells the time.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
• The greatest figure skater in the world.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• Whether that figure has increased is not clear.
  — Peter Cappelli, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
• Sanders expects that figure to change soon.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• Are they based on historic figures?
  — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
• Marvel figures are small, but mighty.
  — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
• This year, that figure has climbed to $150 per child.
  — Joshua Cole, CBS News, 24 June 2026
• By week three, that figure had jumped to as high as 42 turns per child.
  — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
• The new figure, appeared to be made of metal on a new cross.
  — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
• His cachet as an esteemed art world figure waned decades ago.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
• The figures are from Nielsen via the networks.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
• No price is listed, but expect to pay in the five figures.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025
• Yes, those figures are correct.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
• The deal cracks the seven figures, to be split by the writers.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026

figure

2 of 2 verb

• She figures to finish by noon.
• The debate over tax rates figured prominently in the last election.
• Arthur can’t quite figure it all out.
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
• That’s up to you guys to figure that out.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
• Democrats need to figure that out.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
• These guys figured that the dog should be buried.
  — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
• There’s ways to figure this out.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
• Who couldn’t have figured that out?
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• Too many figure their work is done at that point.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026
• Some of them will figure it out, and some won’t.
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 June 2026
• The men who figure this out don’t just have more friends.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Is this just a blip, or has the league figured him out?
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
• Both of them were glad to have figured it out for that night.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
• No one is trying to figure this out for you.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
• Scott figures to go in the second or third rounds.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
• This figures to be a steep challenge for each team.
  — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
• Time is running out to figure it out.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
• Scammers figured this out a long time ago.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
• But this doesn’t mean people failed to figure it out.
  — Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
• The adding weight doesn’t figure to be an issue.
  — Jason Quick, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• Other cities and states have figured this out.
  — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
• This doesn’t figure to be her last milestone.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• Or, keep going and figure it out.
  — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
• But something tells us that mankind will figure this out, too.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
• Henry figures to get a home game.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
• My daughters are smart enough to figure most of this out on their own.
  — Dennis Kozak, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
• Let the players frickin’ figure it out.
  — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• All of it is gone and you are left in the jungle to figure it out.
  — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
• There’s a few markets that have figured it out, but not enough.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
• Someone else has figured that out.
  — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026