characterful

Example Sentences

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Rodell Aure Rosel, as the slimy marriage broker, Goro, and Wei Wu, as the angry monk Bonze, were both characterful in a silent movie kind of way.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

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

"There's going to be a generation of people who use social media who will find them characterful and fun. I think they're here to stay, definitely."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2022

He has not the appearance of a seer of ghosts: a huge, heavy man, with a hump on a big, characterful nose; a powerful jaw, and very quick, blue eyes beneath shaggy eyebrows.

From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.