How to Use character in a Sentence

character

noun
  • Their house has a lot of character.
  • The building is very simple in character.
  • Dearth of water is the key to the character of the canals.
    Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2020
  • And the chances that the character will be a woman of color?
    Kim Wong-Shing, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Williams’ character was the more straitlaced of the pair.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The characters, by the end of the film, have cheated death and been able to tell the tale.
    Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2019
  • Milley says the Army is in the midst of a change in the very character of war.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Fox News, 13 July 2018
  • There is no person at the end of the dealing, no character at the end of the rhyme.
    Josie Duffy Rice, The Atlantic, 12 July 2018
  • But Gi-hun’s character changes a lot over the course of the show.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
  • In the meantime, Benko will take the stage as the beloved character.
    Justine Browning, EW.com, 15 July 2022
  • What surprised you the most about the journey of your character?
    John Benson, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
  • That's a character who always makes the show a bit more fun.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The character is a former drug runner who now lives in a van.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • Once again, part of the character's lore, not addressed in the movie.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The characters and world have always held the most intrigue to me, at least.
    Todd Vanderwerff, Slate Magazine, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Your character’s one of the few in the series who’s not a chess player.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2020
  • This is so out of character for something like this to happen to him.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Prospect thrives more as a character-study due to the strength of its performances.
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Some of the writing called on characters to act not at all like themselves.
    Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • There’s a shot with like six, seven characters in the frame.
    Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 July 2018
  • Now, all these characters can be brought under the same roof.
    Jeet Heer, New Republic, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The movie's three main characters all converge on a park to bird after a storm.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • And no character has come back from the dead more times than Coulson.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Greer, for one, would love to learn more about her character if given the chance.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
  • What are the constraints when an image is built on just one character?
    Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
  • For him, that natural character of the grain is what makes a whiskey unique.
    Lou Bustamante, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • This is not just a scary character for scariness’ sake.
    Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022
  • There are thousands of stories to be told about this character.
    David Viramontes, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The style choice was a cheeky nod to her character, and something tells us there’s even more pink looks to come.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Any new land use would have to be keeping with the land’s historic character.
    Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021

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