personage

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Recent Examples of personage At midcentury, Marianne Moore emerged as a public personage, but not before a painful period of loss. Susan Gubar june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025 Once, some 2,000 years ago, so many such personages (then known as barbarians) came to Paris simultaneously that the city was destroyed. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025 The scenario’s bachelor No. 2 arrives in the brooding personage of Oliver (Charlie Anson), the great-great-great-great-nephew of Austen herself. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025 In order to become a celebrity, a person necessarily becomes a personage. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for personage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personage
Noun
  • Each episode explores how Taylor shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling, built a billion-dollar business empire, and transformed celebrity activism through her pioneering work in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
    Peter White, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Mules have been trending recently, both on and off the runway as well as with celebrities reaching for the style for red carpet appearances.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The recall notice states the doors can suddenly close when a person is reaching inside.
    Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • One person familiar with the negotiations told the newspaper that the university was reluctant to directly pay the federal government.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Burns began as a forward before solidifying his calling as a defenseman, playing seven years in Minnesota and flashing his personality off the ice and thoroughbred mentally on the ice.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The clues have been there from the start, the little touches that aligned Grasso’s bifurcated personality with Tom and Robbie’s.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An adult man allegedly used falsified documents to enroll in a Minnesota high school and reportedly played on the football team.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The rumblings of a shorter extension have been loud, and McDavid may be more concerned with Edmonton’s ability to put a championship roster around him than becoming the NHL’s first $20 million AAV man.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 1970s had seen a mass exodus of Argentina’s star players abroad, particularly to Spain, where a ban on foreign players had recently been lifted.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Country music star Tanya Tucker sang at his bedside.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If he had been convicted on the racketeering charge, Combs could have been given life in prison.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If convicted, the defendants face from 10 years to life in prison.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ballroom will serve as a hosting space for foreign dignitaries.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The presidency said the convoy was also carrying dignitaries including Vatican diplomat Andrés Carrascosa, European Union Ambassador Jekaterina Dorodnova and Italian Ambassador Giovanni Davoli.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Furthermore, Anarumo has been praised throughout his career for never caring about a player’s resume and simply playing the best guys.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Personage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personage. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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