protagonists
Example Sentences
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Siskel and Ebert wannabes Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick of the Lakers liken themselves to iconic film protagonists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Pre-orders of the game - which features the series' first female playable character, Lucia and her partner Jason, as the main protagonists - are already thought to have been worth hundreds of millions.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Since they frequently fail, millennial protagonists suffer from a modern sort of arrested development.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s worth looking at a couple of tricks that allow O’Connor to keep this unblinking focus on his protagonists.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
