personage

Example Sentences

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He continues to use it because he finds that “a fictional personage does exert a slightly disinhibiting effect” on his writing—“always in the service of truth, of course.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The omnipresent Emcee, a queer Jack Be Nimble, can’t be dragged to the camps because he is a thematic stage presence, more a spirit than a depicted personage with a before/during/after narrative governed by reality.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

After “The Look of Silence” premiered in 2014, no less a personage than Werner Herzog told Oppenheimer he should do a fiction film next.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Security Council’s five permanent members, only the United States, in the personage of President Joe Biden, spoke.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

"Victor!" she calls out, and then in a quieter voice she cues the men as if she does not want them to embarrass themselves by not knowing who this important personage is.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez