characters
Example Sentences
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During my first watch, I thought this would be a run-of-the-mill, substandard thriller: Establish the characters, ramp up the obsession, throw a little violence in.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
The hardest and most "important" item to source was the yellow flotation barrels, which are like those used by the characters in the blockbuster to track the shark.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
He began to genuinely like his characters, fusty and outdated as many of them were.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Earlier movies — especially 2019’s “Synonyms” — were about characters trapped in cultural expectations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
“All three companies use sixteen-character coding systems, and in all three of them the first four characters are identical.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
