stock character
Example Sentences
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Mama, as the stern but loving matriarch, is a stock character, and Sissy is written unsympathetically and almost exclusively speaks in the tenor of a whine.
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
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
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
Faintest etched is Tom, the younger son, and most like a stock character.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius
