stock character
Example Sentences
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Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains, is an updated version of this stock character.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
Merely a stock character from what Lewis’s friend and mentor H.L.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021
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
As the selling point here is the show’s take on autism, however, Sam is a somewhat newer, increasingly popular stock character — the high-functioning Aspie.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2017
The quality and variety of the stories told in them are both very considerable, even without making allowance for what has been called the stock character of mediæval composition.
From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George
