main character
Example Sentences
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"There has been a lot of male protagonists and a lot of men have felt like they can be that main character," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
“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
When I first heard the result, I wasn’t even sure what leukemia was—I vaguely remembered it was the disease the main character died of in the book “Love Story.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The main character is a middle-aged man who lives in middle-of-nowhere Missouri, where Dad and Aunt Jen grew up.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
