round character
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of round character
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
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I’m, like, an old, round character actress now.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2020
He is a round character like the rest of us.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2020
E. M. Forster memorably said that “the test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2016
For a biographer, such contradictions present an opportunity to depict a round character, in E.M.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2016
That explains the movie's Euro feel: its lithe simplicity of line, its occasionally noirish palette, its pointy rather than round character shapes.
From Time • Jul. 9, 2010
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