characters

Example Sentences

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The characters in her novels long for stability in landscapes where the past is forever intruding on the present—they teeter on the shifting border between perception and fact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As the characters debated, a similar conversation sprang to mind.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Memorable characters will keep you company for a lifetime.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

But the characters unfold before us in their exchanges, and the play makes room for the actors to inhabit the complexities and contradictions of lives caught in the vise of history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

I texted Auntie Buzz a message that took fifteen screens because I needed 1,974 characters to explain what I’d done, that I was only trying to help and that I’d fixed everything for her.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen