stock character
Example Sentences
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The actress even injects new life into a sci-fi stock character — the alien whose connection to emotion is theoretical.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
Because Neeson is so adept at rendering this stock character, he doesn’t always work very hard at it.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
When I was working, I wasn't happy because I was playing stock character parts.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 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
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