character sketch

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I wrote that one, and within a year, every character sketch all started with jingles and montage.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2023

Too bad the comedic, almost clowning elements in the script work against the ethical questions the film otherwise takes seriously, making the whole thing feel more like a character sketch than a fleshed-out drama.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

And they nod to the source material by having Wu’s character sketch Lyle in Waber’s illustration style.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

A character sketch is a brief description of a real or fictional person—in this case, likely someone you know or even yourself.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Besides the character sketch of Scrooge, there is a picture of Christmas Eve in the London streets, in the paragraph beginning "Meanwhile the fog and darkness thickened".

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education