dramatis personae
Example Sentences
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In one respect, the dramatis personae in Kananaskis helps.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025
A new prologue, by the Israeli author Sivan Ben Yishai, is little more than an extended read-through of the dramatis personae.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
She and the other dramatis personae of “Liarmouth” feel like they’ve just walked off a Waters set still in character; the narrative braids perspectives together across different locations in a way that resembles cinematic crosscutting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2022
This is an overwhelming dramatis personae — one that spans not just the globe but a number of ideologies, types of government and two centuries.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2020
In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
