protagonist
Example Sentences
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He failed to remain the protagonist of the contest itself, albeit he did cheekily bow towards Suryakumar upon dismissing the man who was filmed mimicking his ways during Indian net sessions.
From BBC
For a novel like “The Rules of Attraction” to translate on screen, the viewer has to believe that its protagonist is not irredeemable.
From Salon
Yeah, I’ve read a lot of books I admire about singular protagonists.
From Los Angeles Times
Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.
From Los Angeles Times
Her fiction took characters who had traditionally been marginal presences—in her case, African-Americans—and made them protagonists.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
