characters

Example Sentences

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Mancini and Pellegrini were both completely different characters but had done exceptionally well at City and both won the title there.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

By contrast, the three characters at the center of the novel have less than no interest in being on board.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Her comedy is dialectical, it rides on characters talking at cross purposes, inhabiting separate clashing realities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

If there are topics keeping you up at night, characters you want to know more about or stories you’re desperate to dive into, get in touch!

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Next morning, Miss Scatcherd wrote in conspicuous characters on a piece of pasteboard the word “Slattern,” and bound it like a phylactery round Helen’s large, mild, intelligent, and benign-looking forehead.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë