characters

Example Sentences

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"So much of the script has been taken from personal experience of writers' families during the war so I think it is the characters that make this really important."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

OpenAI estimates one token is about four characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Bertei explains that she went to a screening of his early film “Permanent Vacation,” and was struck by the differences between the male lead and one of the female characters.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Jeff Norton, whose work focuses on book-to-screen adaptations, said he looks for characters he can fall in love with when choosing books to pitch for development.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Books required fingers to turn the pages and a heart to feel the emotions of the characters on the page, but the cinema was different.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland