character study
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She gracefully balances between a three-pronged character study and a larger examination of the unending war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Adapted from an 1895 Arthur Schnitzler novella that went unpublished until this century, “Late Fame” is a character study and parable whose concerns extend by implication in several directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Mr. Soderbergh and Mr. Solomon—who has his own stellar résumé that includes such features as “Men in Black” and the “Bill & Ted” comedies—are not content to set up a stagey character study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
He stars in Blue Moon - a character study of Lorenz Hart, a formerly successful songwriter struggling with the huge hit his former partner Richard Rogers is having with the musical Oklahoma!
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
The play of the hand, as the play of a close hand of cards always does, afforded an interesting character study.
From Loaded Dice by Ellery H. Clark
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