dramatis personae
Example Sentences
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In one respect, the dramatis personae in Kananaskis helps.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025
The atmosphere is a multimedia swirl, but it’s the changes in dramatis personae that make the production initially hard to track.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2022
Neither her laugh nor her dramatis personae are merely for entertainment, though.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022
I was sent an advanced proof of “The Last Bookseller” — due out in November — and highly recommend it, partly for Goodman’s portrait of a lost world, but also for its colorful dramatis personae.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021
In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
