stock character
Example Sentences
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Because Neeson is so adept at rendering this stock character, he doesn’t always work very hard at it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
Merely a stock character from what Lewis’s friend and mentor H.L.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
“He’s also very funny. It could have been a stock character but the writers were smart enough to craft a character that could show all the colors that Glynn has.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
Besson’s filmography mirrors the descent of this stock character so precisely, it could well all be his fault.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2019
She is a stock character on the stage.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
