characters

Example Sentences

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To stand out, publishers "try to guarantee their game will succeed" by including characters known and loved by large audiences.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The narrative possibilities of willful forgetting allow Balda’s wool-clad characters to extend themselves far past the boundaries of George’s field and into the hearts of younger and older viewers alike.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

As the Pratt and Bass characters duel with light-sabers, the video closes with a cri de coeur: “L.A. is worth saving.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Some of the candidates’ fantasy characters were literal — City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, a labor organizer running for reelection, was a barbarian named “Hugo the Organizer” using his “righteous indignation” to organize workers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

In the absence of anything real, the same sort of stock characters kept coming up.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day