Etymology
Origin of characterful
Example Sentences
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She helps her busy clients find historic, characterful homes in L.A. within their budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The characterful, low-rise cityscape of mustard-coloured French colonial mansions was transformed into another Asian high-rise forest of glass and steel towers.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
He has hired a slew of younger choristers who trained as soloists, and has guided those powerful and characterful voices into a cohesive whole.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
"These are projects that respond with ingenuity to contemporary challenges and their unique contexts, creating characterful places of lasting value."
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
It was lying face upward upon the table, so that he could see the clear, fine, characterful hand in which it was written and could read clearly the Devonshire postmark.
From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.
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