dramatis personae
Example Sentences
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In one respect, the dramatis personae in Kananaskis helps.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025
She and the other dramatis personae of “Liarmouth” feel like they’ve just walked off a Waters set still in character; the narrative braids perspectives together across different locations in a way that resembles cinematic crosscutting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2022
The slippage isn’t always this Ovidian, but names circulate in ways that can frustrate a strict accounting of the dramatis personae.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021
Like most of the dramatis personae in “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” which opens in Washington on March 13, Cassidy is prone to deception, dissembling and perhaps something even more dangerous.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2020
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
