leading character
Example Sentences
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The set is the centerpiece of a movie studio that is itself a leading character in Hollywood lore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025
“When the transition is made from side character to leading character, we think a lot about what story it is we’re trying to tell,” the showrunner and executive producer Jess Brownell explained.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
“It’s really cool to be able to play a leading character like that,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022
But the Jackson hearings feature a new leading character: Janice Rogers Brown, a former judge on the federal appeals court in Washington where Jackson now sits.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022
Until it was time for his entrance, the leading character would not even know that he was taking part.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
