characters

Example Sentences

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But a second look at this season reveals that the characters afforded the most complexity and humanity, other than Greg, are the women in his life.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Like Stanley Kubrick in “Eyes Wide Shut,” Almodóvar uses the season’s festive lights to contrast the turmoil the film’s characters feel inside.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“During our first table read — I do remember this quite vividly — Bill said that he did want us to take responsibility over the characters and really make them our own,” recalls Tsai.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Don’t worry too much about the title’s qualifier; though characters get zestily killed, they also tend to get resurrected as needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Many were the very same characters who had created the late 1990s debacle.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis