characters

Example Sentences

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The characters in her novels long for stability in landscapes where the past is forever intruding on the present—they teeter on the shifting border between perception and fact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As the characters debated, a similar conversation sprang to mind.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Memorable characters will keep you company for a lifetime.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

But the characters unfold before us in their exchanges, and the play makes room for the actors to inhabit the complexities and contradictions of lives caught in the vise of history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

And there is a special kind of irony called “dramatic irony,” which is when the audience of a play knows more than the characters onstage do.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood