Cut a figure

To cut a fine/sorry figure.

Your desire was to cut a figure in the Fashionable World. Well, to-day you have your wish—to-day you are famous.

Dirk Stroeve cut such an absurd figure that I felt inclined to laugh.

As a leader of the free world the United States cuts an unconvincing figure with its racial segregation.

Composed and genial, the Corries cut an impressive figure in the sun-drenched Haifa courthouse.

Standing in a field at an army barracks in Poznan, Poland, and wearing the black Stetson that is customary for the 2nd Cavalry, Colonel McChrystal cut a figure both commanding and incongruous.