stock character
Example Sentences
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Merely a stock character from what Lewis’s friend and mentor H.L.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021
Jharrel Jerome does what he can to add some shading to Smush, to make this stock character his own.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2020
Besson’s filmography mirrors the descent of this stock character so precisely, it could well all be his fault.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019
Horvath never becomes much more than a stock character, an unfulfilled mid-century suburban husband.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2019
But that was evidently a convenient quotation of a stock character in controversy, just as πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο was even more commonly.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
