characters
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Everything in “Mother Mary” feels like it exists in a dream within a dream: the tertiary characters who fade in and out of the narrative, the catchy yet indistinct pop songs, the dreary midnight-blue location.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
But even as their stories sparked a public outcry about AI ethics, AFP saw that "The Peach Blossom Hairpin" kept running for days before its removal, with the disputed characters quietly replaced.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
All this competence puts us in a strange state — a suspenseful trance — in which you feel on edge while also relaxing into the idea that the characters have things under control.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Probably true, but the saint-like forbearance of most of the characters around John is a quality to which most of us can only aspire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
In this case, they would cut fifty-two thousand possible characters down to only a handful of likely candidates.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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