antihero
Example Sentences
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But Cranston, whose role as the antihero Walter in “Breaking Bad” launched a meteoric rise to major stardom, accepted the situation at the time with grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
He refuses to characterize Laxman as a seductive antihero, perhaps on the moral grounds of not wanting to make such a man seem attractive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Gilligan also created “Pluribus” as a counterweight to the antihero era he helped define by contributing two unforgettable linchpins, Walter White and Saul Goodman.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
But now, a couple of months since leaving LIV, the 70-year-old Norman sees himself as golf’s antihero.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Vocabulary lists containing antihero
Power Prefix: Anti
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: ant-, anti-
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Prefixes: anti-
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