characters

Example Sentences

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“We move characters around like we’re playing Risk,” Gemmill says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

SantaCon is a ticketed pub-crawl event, which is attended by around 25,000 people dressed as Santa Claus and other holiday characters, according to the charging document against Pildes.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Bertei explains that she went to a screening of his early film “Permanent Vacation,” and was struck by the differences between the male lead and one of the female characters.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The book’s characters relate their stories in discrete sections that peel back time, revealing shocking secrets and meriting re-evaluation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

I should be scared or apprehensive—I mean, this is what Autumn and I hate about the main characters in horror movies.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer