characters

Example Sentences

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Everything in “Mother Mary” feels like it exists in a dream within a dream: the tertiary characters who fade in and out of the narrative, the catchy yet indistinct pop songs, the dreary midnight-blue location.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

But even as their stories sparked a public outcry about AI ethics, AFP saw that "The Peach Blossom Hairpin" kept running for days before its removal, with the disputed characters quietly replaced.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

But, entertaining as it is to watch them slay one another with smiling faces, I am not sure the characters are representative of the culture at large.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

All this competence puts us in a strange state — a suspenseful trance — in which you feel on edge while also relaxing into the idea that the characters have things under control.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Butch Cassidy, they said, had gone into hiding there, along with Dr. Mengele and Martin Bormann and a score of less pleasant characters.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt