characters

Example Sentences

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“None of the characters in an Allie Rowbottom book are well mothered,” said the novelist Chelsea Bieker, who workshops manuscripts with Rowbottom alongside Genevieve Hudson and T Kira Madden.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

By smoothly merging the true and the invented stories and characters of 1950s Hollywood, Newson alerts us to the increase in racism and homophobia evident in the entertainment business, and in the U.S., today.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Whether in the films beloved by the Wu-Tang or the animated sagas Megan favors, characters battle not simply for survival but to achieve mastery.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Mr. Talty presents characters worthy of our interest, but he tends to flatten them into stock types.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“Gene, do you remember when you invited me to your birthday party? In third grade? The one where your dad got the Marvel characters in costume?”

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell