characters

Example Sentences

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Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Plush toy versions of his cats and monkey characters sit on recently upholstered matte orange, cream and red booths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

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

“The next, ‘The theory of the book is bad, full of morbid fancies, spiritualistic ideas, and unnatural characters.’

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott