roles

Example Sentences

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Many of the supporting roles have been well cast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Previously announced to join the series - although details of their roles have been kept under wraps for now - are Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and Lucy Karczewski.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

British actor Anthony Head, whose decades-long acting career includes roles in ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Others are promised roles as drivers or clerks, or that the contract will last "just one year".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Four men, including the one in the janitor uniform and another with only one leg, performed the roles of soldiers and carried real spears.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver