stock character
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stock character
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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It’s a balance she strikes most astutely on “Good Wife,” on which she’s torn between thinking that title role is a worthy goal and seeing it as a tragic stock character.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
When I was working, I wasn't happy because I was playing stock character parts.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2021
“He’s also very funny. It could have been a stock character but the writers were smart enough to craft a character that could show all the colors that Glynn has.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
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
They have left to us denunciations of the man which have made him odious to all after-ages, so that modern poets have made him a stock character, and have dramatized him as a fiend.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
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