characters

Example Sentences

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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

Jagged geometric shapes evolved into photorealistic video-game characters thanks to increased memory and more efficient architectures.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Indeed, in the book, the "tough personal life stuff" his three characters are dealing with does ignite as the evening goes on.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

She can’t quite make all this stasis interesting, however, and there are points when the novel seems, like its characters, to be merely doing time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Soon they were crowding the room—an assortment of strange-looking characters of all shapes and sizes.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket