characters
Example Sentences
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Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.
She knew how to vamp like no other, using facial expressions and body language like building blocks to create everyone’s favorite characters.
From Salon
The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.
But the current Draco obsession stems from the transliteration of his surname, "Ma Er Fu", which contains the Chinese characters for "horse" and "good fortune" -- an auspicious omen for the year ahead.
From Barron's
One of the mansion’s signature characters is, aptly, a tortured bride.
From Los Angeles Times
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