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
“He’s also very funny. It could have been a stock character but the writers were smart enough to craft a character that could show all the colors that Glynn has.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
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
As the selling point here is the show’s take on autism, however, Sam is a somewhat newer, increasingly popular stock character — the high-functioning Aspie.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2017
Faintest etched is Tom, the younger son, and most like a stock character.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt
