antihero
Example Sentences
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Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.
Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.
From Los Angeles Times
The book is powered, however, by its vividly drawn antihero.
The story’s sassy, brassy antihero has likewise adorned Christmas trees and school library shelves for generations.
From Los Angeles Times
Just how my favorite new antihero will deal with her disdain for the Others is yet to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times
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