How to Use character in a Sentence

character

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  • 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
  • But Gi-hun’s character changes a lot over the course of the show.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • In the meantime, Benko will take the stage as the beloved character.
    — Justine Browning, EW.com, 15 July 2022
  • Williams’ character was the more straitlaced of the pair.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • And the chances that the character will be a woman of color?
    — Kim Wong-Shing, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Once again, part of the character's lore, not addressed in the movie.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The show ends with 436 of the characters showing up for a cookout.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • That's a character who always makes the show a bit more fun.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Your character’s one of the few in the series who’s not a chess player.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The characters and world have always held the most intrigue to me, at least.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Slate Magazine, 20 Dec. 2017
  • What surprised you the most about the journey of your character?
    — John Benson, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a shot with like six, seven characters in the frame.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 July 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • His character on Game of Thrones didn't get killed off.
    — Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Prospect thrives more as a character-study due to the strength of its performances.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Fans, though, were upset by how the show chose to kill off Barr’s character.
    — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 17 Oct. 2018
  • The movie's three main characters all converge on a park to bird after a storm.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The character is a former drug runner who now lives in a van.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • In the book, the Raymond Cruz character has a lot in common with Raylan.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
  • Now, all these characters can be brought under the same roof.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Skarsgård reprised the character for the film’s sequel.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
  • This is so out of character for something like this to happen to him.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For him, that natural character of the grain is what makes a whiskey unique.
    — Lou Bustamante, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2020

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