protagonist
Example Sentences
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Consider the protagonists in four of his films.
David’s genius as a narrator and propagandist was in choosing the most emotionally charged episode in a story and choreographing it to contrast the responses of the protagonists.
Tom is 55, and it’s worth comparing him to similar literary characters—other protagonists of what you might call the male-midlife-crisis novel.
I’m more likely to recommend the novel with the infuriating protagonist or body-horror themes, or the show about terrible people being terrible together.
From Salon
In one, titled “It’s a Wonderful Flight,” the protagonist is a Latino man crying that he’ll “do anything” to return to his wife and kids and “live again.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
