Examples of antiheroine in a Sentence
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Luckily, Annapurna stepped in to see it through, leaning into the antiheroine’s nonconformist personality — the very thing that made ND Stevenson’s graphic novel so original.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 June 2023
In the first film of the franchise, Pattinson's Batman follows the trail of a deranged serial killer called the Riddler (Paul Dano) and uncovers corruption in Gotham, meeting the antiheroine Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz) along the way.
—Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
As the film progresses, our antiheroine reroutes her own life, willingly, for a month at a swank Alpine clinic where she’s treated for depression.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
At its best this is a horror comedy, and its antiheroine has learned all her tricks from previous movies.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
Still, there’s a satisfaction in watching the young, helpless Diana turn into a myopic, friendless antiheroine whose efforts to be understood can only take the form of vengeance.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2022
But charmless and unprepossessing won’t cut it on TV: there, Sorokin becomes a brash antiheroine who looks like a beautiful TV star, because she’s played by Julia Garner, a beautiful TV star.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
Possibly sociopathic and certainly capable of slitting Achilles tendons while lurking under a bed — smiling all the while — Comer’s Villanelle was a sui generis TV antiheroine not given to sentimentality.
—Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
Catwoman is a powerful female antiheroine that appears alongside other characters in the Gotham TV series.
—Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022
Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 June 2023
In the first film of the franchise, Pattinson's Batman follows the trail of a deranged serial killer called the Riddler (Paul Dano) and uncovers corruption in Gotham, meeting the antiheroine Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz) along the way.
—Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
As the film progresses, our antiheroine reroutes her own life, willingly, for a month at a swank Alpine clinic where she’s treated for depression.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
At its best this is a horror comedy, and its antiheroine has learned all her tricks from previous movies.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
Still, there’s a satisfaction in watching the young, helpless Diana turn into a myopic, friendless antiheroine whose efforts to be understood can only take the form of vengeance.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2022
But charmless and unprepossessing won’t cut it on TV: there, Sorokin becomes a brash antiheroine who looks like a beautiful TV star, because she’s played by Julia Garner, a beautiful TV star.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
Possibly sociopathic and certainly capable of slitting Achilles tendons while lurking under a bed — smiling all the while — Comer’s Villanelle was a sui generis TV antiheroine not given to sentimentality.
—Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
Catwoman is a powerful female antiheroine that appears alongside other characters in the Gotham TV series.
—Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022
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“Antiheroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiheroine. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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