How to Use role in a Sentence

role

noun

• He plays the role of the villain.
• I had a minor role in the play.
• She likes to play the role of matchmaker with her friends.
• She was given the starring role.
• It was a case of role reversal: the father stayed home with the children while the mother worked.
• We'll switch roles this time, and you can wash the dishes while I dry them.
• After her husband left her, she had to take on the dual role of mother and father for her children.
• She challenged the traditional roles assigned to women.
• The Suns now need to find role players for cheap to fill out the roster, and that’s a dangerous game.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2023
• Megan Carmitchel is a perfect fit for the role of Julia.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2023
• Meryl Streep is also set to reprise her role from Season 3.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
• Williamson also said the weather could be playing a role.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 18 Aug. 2023
• And that actually there should be a role for the party.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 June 2023
• But even as the years fly by, the film's stars remain fond of their unforgettable roles.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• The American Idol winner now follows Whoopi Goldberg in the same role on the big screen.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• The pair decided to tie the knot and Shaw wanted her doctors to play a new role in her love story.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 July 2023
• The four remain political pariahs in large swaths of the city for their role in the scandal.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Mo was really last minute for the role of Pete, which was supposed to be Method Man.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
• Was that a tough pill to swallow given the significance of your role?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
• In a few weeks, the singer will resume her role as an opener on the Latin American leg of Swift’s acclaimed Eras tour.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• Last month, Verdugo, who has tried to take on more of a vocal role with the Sox, called a players-only meeting of his own.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• Even Connaughton’s senior role didn’t preclude him from taking up the full perk.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Nov. 2023
• Thanks to a breakout role in the 2017 comedy Girls Trip and nonstop TV and film projects in the years that followed, the actress is thriving.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• The Ravens reduced his role from there, giving many of his snaps to veteran Jason Pierre-Paul.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023
• The ratio between the building height and street width also plays a critical role.
  — Farzad Hashemi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2023
• Halsey and Catherine O’Hara are expected to trade off roles as Sally.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
• Trump himself is on the March 19 ballot, but Ohio won't have much of a role to play in the presidential primary.
  — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
• After acting onstage and onscreen for over 40 years, Bryan Cranston is ready to take on a brand new role: full-time husband.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 8 June 2023
• In Season 2, everyone wants a bigger role in the kingdom.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 6 Aug. 2023
• Its members will also play a role in picking a successor to Chief Michel Moore.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024