main character
Example Sentences
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Some authors want to give their main character a happy ending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In the story a body is found on a beach and is originally ruled a suicide but the main character, a psychotherapist, suspects something darker and turns detective.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Even when Ms. Musgraves herself isn’t the main character, the tales mostly take place in the East Texas region where she was born and raised.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The main character, Lizzie, imagines her mother’s experience when she formed a “conscious raising group” with her friends.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
She tried to write a story in which she was not the main character, in which some person she had never heard of before did things and felt things.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
