leading character
Example Sentences
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The set is the centerpiece of a movie studio that is itself a leading character in Hollywood lore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025
“When the transition is made from side character to leading character, we think a lot about what story it is we’re trying to tell,” the showrunner and executive producer Jess Brownell explained.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
“The Great Jheri Curl Debate” presented a new challenge: writing a leading character outside her own race.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2022
But the Jackson hearings feature a new leading character: Janice Rogers Brown, a former judge on the federal appeals court in Washington where Jackson now sits.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022
It is well known that Seraphael, its leading character, is the author's ideal of Mendelssohn, and that the romance was intended to be a memorial of him.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth