stock character
Example Sentences
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Merely a stock character from what Lewis’s friend and mentor H.L.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021
When I was working, I wasn't happy because I was playing stock character parts.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2021
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
That left pretty much just the face, which was all Rubens would have been interested in: a stock character for future works.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2017
But that was evidently a convenient quotation of a stock character in controversy, just as πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο was even more commonly.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William