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
“All In the Family” signposted its main character’s irascible bigotry and generation-gap grievances in the first minute by having its main character sing wistfully of a time when “Guys like me we had it made.”
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
When I first heard the result, I wasn’t even sure what leukemia was—I vaguely remembered it was the disease the main character died of in the book “Love Story.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
She could be the main character in a children’s book series, Dimple thought.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
