protagonists
Example Sentences
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Taking a novelist’s care with his protagonists, Mr. Aris shows how they developed starkly different personalities from childhood wounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
After Netflix greenlit a two-hour finale instead, Oseman elected to zero in on her protagonists — not unlike her comics — rather than give each character their own, heavily condensed arc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Winocour wisely places all of her protagonists in different fields within the same industry, and at different points in their careers.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
The two protagonists, Jason and Lucia, appear at least loosely inspired by the real-life American outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde, who have already been the stuff of movies and TV series.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
It’s worth looking at a couple of tricks that allow O’Connor to keep this unblinking focus on his protagonists.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
