character
Example Sentences
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A defendant representing himself who called his own father as a character witness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Hemingway famously described a character going bankrupt “gradually, then suddenly.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
When I read the character, I was like, “Oh, this is a really cool character.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Mr. West makes him a rather dubious character, unnecessarily: Is he adolescently insecure or devious?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The story, which helped Canetti earn the Nobel Prize in literature, includes a character named Fischerele who aspires to become chess champion of the world.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing character
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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