main character

Example Sentences

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You can’t have your main character die in a first scene.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

There’s moments where the main character is shouting out the names of all these people buried all around us.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"In fiction, the main character is often the centre of events," he says.

From BBC • May 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

The movie is just as the video game poster advertised except the main character doesn’t wear a brown-bag dress.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy