characterful

Example Sentences

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The characterful, low-rise cityscape of mustard-coloured French colonial mansions was transformed into another Asian high-rise forest of glass and steel towers.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

It may be generally dismissed as trivial, but Bernstein conducted it with characterful nostalgia and Dudamel has found in it vibrant new spirit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

What won’t change: the hotel’s status as a characterful Los Angeles icon and official city landmark, within walking distance of the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica pier.

From National Geographic • Apr. 18, 2023

His gestures at the podium were not just directional, but also characterful; no measure of the score came off as unconsidered.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022

He had on common, characterful clothes, the kind that from long wear have taken the natural outlines of the body.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore