characters
Example Sentences
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Then scammers typically pile on pressure, adding voices claiming to be attorneys, courtroom clerks or bank tellers -- a cast of fictitious characters in a chaotic, urgent-sounding call.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Newson’s plot and characters serve the novel’s thesis well.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
As he reworked the novel, he said the arguments around the closure were all playing out and the characters reflected the complex viewpoints that emerged on both sides.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
One could easily view that as the producers’ rebuttal to malcontents eager to take them to task for making over Rice’s characters to believably meet modern times in all of their complexity.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2022
Mom says gleefully as we stride past a cutout display of animated characters.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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