Example Sentences

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The leads are well-cast, but Jones and Braun are ultimately figurines more than they are layered characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

“As AI trawls the ocean of open source, there will be even greater value in landing, with a well-cast fly, the secrets that lie beyond the reach of its nets,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

But Aemilia Scott’s shrewdly written, well-cast opener to the program, “Help Me Understand,” turns a focus group of women testing detergent scents into a nervy experiment in hung-jury dynamics.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

There’s a real aesthetic beauty to a well-cast fly.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2020

The description of Mrs. Crookendon's after-dinner party is as life-like as if it were a well-staged scene in a well-written and well-cast Drama.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 by Various