main character

Example Sentences

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Some authors want to give their main character a happy ending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"There are some similarities between me and my main character but she's much grumpier than me. I'd make a useless sleuth," said Perry.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Even when Ms. Musgraves herself isn’t the main character, the tales mostly take place in the East Texas region where she was born and raised.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Though Vargas, 34, didn’t become a precocious parent, “Mad Bills to Pay” emerged from memories of men he knew who weren’t that different from his main character.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

She tried to write a story in which she was not the main character, in which some person she had never heard of before did things and felt things.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye