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Recent Examples of protagonist Despite its flashy genre mash-up, Emilia Pérez is stuck with a coarse, unappealing protagonist. Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025 The protagonist, Beibei (played by Hihi Lee, who co-wrote the script with Zhang), is a middle-class striver in Beijing. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025 Roy is the protagonist, really, and de Fontenay’s film — like Vann’s book — is told from the perspective of a son increasingly worried about his dad, who seems to have put dangerously little practical thought into his grand scheme. Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025 In Mulholland Drive’s most arresting scene, the protagonists find themselves at an otherworldly club in the middle of the night. Will Bahr, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for protagonist 
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Noun
  • White-Cain is a proponent of the prosperity theology, which is centered around financial and physical well-being being done through the will of God.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Others might argue that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is an enthusiastic proponent of freedom of expression.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Crime, courts and policing Immigration crackdown could deter workers from reporting hazards, advocates warn.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Homeless advocates defied a prominent real estate company on Saturday by promising to continue their weekly food distributions and church services in a North Sacramento parking lot.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Still, some Trump supporters are eager for a tougher approach.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Vern was also a big supporter of his grandchildren in their school activities such as soccer, football, and wrestling.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That year an honorary degree was conferred on Jacques Derrida, and when somebody described him as the exponent of deconstruction theory, Brown relates, Prince Philip was overheard muttering that his own family seemed to be deconstructing pretty well.
    Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Djokovic, who has mastered the art of winning the first four rounds of a major with as little trouble as possible over his career, is the greatest exponent of Grand Slam pacing the sport has ever seen.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Frustration: Taylor Swift and her famous friends displayed every emotion.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • During all of this, Mark and friends are helped along their journey by some very strange road markers — namely, themselves.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Protagonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protagonist. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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