characters

Example Sentences

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How did you land on the professions that your characters would be pursuing and what did you want to say about ambition at this stage of life?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

By smoothly merging the true and the invented stories and characters of 1950s Hollywood, Newson alerts us to the increase in racism and homophobia evident in the entertainment business, and in the U.S., today.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Two of the central characters are former female soldiers, who fought on opposite sides.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Whether in the films beloved by the Wu-Tang or the animated sagas Megan favors, characters battle not simply for survival but to achieve mastery.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

The characters in Stowe’s story, though stereotypical, humanized enslaved Black people for white nineteenth-century readers.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock