main character
Example Sentences
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She stops being the main character in her own story, says Victoria L. Jackson, a sports historian and co-director of the Great Game Lab, a research entity at Arizona State University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
This much silence from pop music’s most dramatic main character, biggest cornball and most profligate breadcrumb dropper has rattled the usual channels for all things Swift.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
In the story a body is found on a beach and is originally ruled a suicide but the main character, a psychotherapist, suspects something darker and turns detective.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
The tale of the Wandering Jew, whose origins can be traced back to Europe in the 1200s, has proved as undying as its main character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
I used my daughter’s crayons, a different color for each main character.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
