How to Use character in a Sentence

character

1 of 2 noun
  • Their house has a lot of character.
  • The building is very simple in character.
  • Who gets to play a character for this long?
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Some characters in the film are based on them.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
  • There’s a lot of character in the room.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There are all kinds of characters in there.
    Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Mules seem to be the character’s shoe of choice for the movie.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And your character is in such agony.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • These are the places where our characters live, love, work and play.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But the characters just live on.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • The character doesn’t have a name.
    Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These aren’t characters with good sense.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Saying the house is like a character too sounds a bit lame.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Both characters ask what price is too high for peace on Earth.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
  • What is making fun of a character who does this?
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Azeez has shown a new side of her character this season.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Your work is rich in character in ways that some crime novels are not.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The point of the show is that these characters are nuanced.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The characters have huge plans.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Like his character, Scott does more with less.
    ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • Fans of some of these characters may have their own grievances.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • One of the main characters is Cuban.
    Helen Acevedo, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Yeah, the character erased that.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • My character follows the tabloids on her new best friend.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
  • But Gi-hun’s character changes a lot over the course of the show.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
  • When your character crosses the line, the world has to shift.
    Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Now, all these characters can be brought under the same roof.
    Jeet Heer, New Republic, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The character’s path has changed.
    Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That leaves a lot of room for new and old characters to step into their shoes.
    Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • So many of his characters were stoic and brave.
    Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026

character

2 of 2 adjective
  • For me, there was also a big revelation to try to work on a multi-character film in that sense.
    Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The real challenge came with piecing together a multi-character film, which was new for both of them.
    Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The plot is refreshingly straightforward without overpacking itself with super-character cameos like its predecessor.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026
  • Located at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, 'Ohana features a character breakfast with Mickey, Pluto, Lilo, and Stitch and a non-character dinner.
    Carly Neil, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Robinson was previously named a New Face of Comedy at JFL Montreal, where her multi-character performance landed her a sketch show development deal and a number of voiceover jobs with DreamWorks, Nickelodeon and Netflix.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025

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