How to use protagonist in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun
Protagonist means the main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama. Example: “Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.”
Examples of protagonist by meaning
nounAn advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.
- The greatest protagonist of the idea was the encyclopedic Jewish scholar Leon of Modena.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 198
More sentences with protagonist
- Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.From the entry neat
- Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.From the entry eponymous
- The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.From the entry mouthpiece
- I like your novel but your protagonist is pretty clearly a Scooby-Doo expy.From the entry expy
- At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.From the entry soliloquy
- In Jean Fritz's children's book George Washington's Breakfast, the protagonist finds out that George Washington may have eaten hoecakes for breakfast.From the entry hoecake
- Protagonists in social struggles, national liberation movements, and campaigns for citizens' rights, they invariably founded totalitarian, oppressive, and liberticidal regimes.From the entry liberticidal
- Purple Hawke is one of the best protagonists in gaming period.2024 January 23, Aveta95, Reddit. From the entry Purple Hawke
- Of course, with so many iconic protagonists, fans often discuss which of the Jojos is the strongest.2024 June 8, Lauren Kells, “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Settled the Strongest Jojo Debate With One Brutal Villain Defeat”, in Screen Rant. From the entry powerscale
- Kim prefer that our biracial protagonists leave Master Wong to die?2021 March 31, Melissa Chen, “Opinion ‘Kung Fu Cavemen’ isn’t racist — just the victim of moral panic by a self-righteous few”, in New…. From the entry wong
- It contained these themes, but also had a sympathetic Asian and Black, or “Blasian,” protagonist.2020 December 8, George Yang, “Orientalism, 'Cyberpunk 2077,' and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction”, in Wired, →ISSN. From the entry blasian
- As such Kafka’s protagonists are a reflection of the thinking and behavior of Kafka the author.2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental…. From the entry intentional
- The bonnet-ripper usually features a female protagonist who comes from an Amish or Mennonite background.2017, Bernice M. Murphy, Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction, Edinburgh University Press. From the entry bonnet ripper
- New York is positioned as the third protagonist—literally, as the characters repeatedly tell each other.2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the…. From the entry shopworn
- The world to which the protagonist belongs is the 'primary' or 'domestic' world.2012, Jane Suzanne Carroll, “The Sanctuary Topos”, in Landscape in Children's Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry secondary world
- Aubyn and Patrick Melrose, the protagonist of his celebrated series of five wrenchingly sad, laceratingly witty novels.2012 March 14, Sarah Lyall, “After 5 Books, a Measure of Peace”, in The New York Times. From the entry hyperfluent
- The protagonist here is a faithful, skilled and courteous maid from the old English society.2008, Memedi, "Loyal helper", Malaysia Star, 9 November 2008. From the entry meido
- Albertano's more lateralist, Aristotelian sympathies are also reflected in his choice of setting, scenario and protagonists.2008, Kathleen A. Bishop, The Canterbury Tales Revisited: 21st Century Interpretations, page 236. From the entry lateralist
- In one sense the protagonist is the poet himself, but in another sense he is an anonymity.2006, Jatindra Mohan Mohanty, History of Oriya Literature, page 516. From the entry anonymity
- This time his protagonist is not a gormless ‘adultescent’ but a middle-aged woman named Meg Riddoch.2004, Australian Book Review, numbers 258-267, page 51. From the entry adultescent
- The young protagonist, Richard Rubio, says, “I'm a pocho, I speak pocho, and I'm proud of it.”2000, Mario T. García, Luis Leal: An Auto/Biography, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry pocho
- Because in the end, the greatest joy of BG2 is the control you have over the protagonist.2000 December, David Simkins, “Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn”, in NEXT Generation, page 141. From the entry BG2
- Is there a preponderance of female protagonists in commercial fiction, and if so, what does it mean?1997 August 17, Patricia Holt, “Just add sand; trash fiction for end-of-the summer beach reading”, in San Francisco Chronicle, San…. From the entry preponderance
- As the depressive needs a psychoanalyst, so too does the Dostoyevskeian protagonist need divine pardon and forgiveness.1989, Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association, page 400. From the entry Dostoyevskeian
- In Nandy's Chharpoka, for instance, the protagonist felt a fatiguesome burden of the continued drudgery of life.1985, Biplab Chakraborti, Pessimism and Contemporary Bengali Literature, page 72. From the entry fatiguesome
- And, with that end, Zeus reëmerges as the divine protagonist of the triune drama.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. The Orestea: III. Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 234. From the entry triune
- Other than the standard isekai trope like harems and overpoweredness, it was very unique in that the main protagonist summons boats.2025 September 22 – December 20, Ed Gomez, “The Quest for the Luxury Liner: Seize the Rich Life with a Ship-Summoning Skill in Another…. From the entry overpoweredness
- Our protagonist, Solenne Bonet, shares, in many ways, a life narrative with Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s most famous slave.2024 February 13, Tochi Onyebuchi, “In This Novel, a Second Civil War Reinstates Black Bondage”, in The New York Times Book Review, New…. From the entry Solenne
- Rather than simply "powerscaling" their Stands, however, one may look at '''JoJo's Bizarre Adventures protagonists in different terms.2024 June 8, Lauren Kells, “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Settled the Strongest Jojo Debate With One Brutal Villain Defeat”, in Screen Rant. From the entry powerscale
- Popslash writers use pop stars as their protagonists, constructing fictional narratives that supplement and enhance those disseminated by the media.2006, Kristina Busse, “'I'm jealous of the fake me': Postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction”, in Su…. From the entry popslash
- For instance, the leading male protagonist leaves home, joins a first aid team, and commits himself to antiwarfare activities.2003, Shuqin Cui, Women through the lens: gender and nation in a century of Chinese cinema. From the entry antiwarfare
- A friendlike hero or protagonist emerges in the former condition, an enemylike villain or antagonist in the latter.2000, Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer, Media Entertainment: The Psychology of Its Appeal - Page 36. From the entry enemylike
- How exactly did this offspringless coupling affect the two protagonists?2000, Iain M. Banks, Look To Windward. From the entry offspringless
- More concerningly, the major protagonist of this section is not a recognizable character but an archetypal, invisible villain — AIDS.1994, Ian Lucas, Impertinent Decorum: Gay Theatrical Manoeuvres. From the entry concerningly
- In picaresques, the protagonist usually acts as narrator to provide coherence and unity to the genre's inherent structural weakness—its episodic plot.1992, Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola, “The New England Frontier and the Picaresque in Sarah Kemble Knight’s Journal”, in Kathryn…. From the entry picaresque
- Protagonists for Taiwan of Free China see red.1962, Sister Maria del Rey, Safari by Jet, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183. From the entry Miaoli
- He was succeeded by one of his five doctor sons, Walter, a protagonist of the art of anatripsology.1953, W. H. McMenemey, “The Water Doctors of Malvern, with Special Reference to the Years 1842 to 1872”, in Proceedings of the Royal…. From the entry anatripsology
- Their protagonists are strange beings created by the ardent popular fancy, Baba-Iaga, serpents with six or twelve heads, stags, horses, etc.1912, A[urelio] Palmieri, “Russia”, in Charles G[eorge] Herbermann, Edward A[loysius] Pace, Condé B[enoist] Pallen, Thomas J[oseph]…. From the entry Baba-Iaga
- Addressing the first point, the characterization of Mark Spitz is quite different from that of the other given-nameless protagonist discussed in the previous chapter.2024 March, Roger L. Barajas, Seems Pretty Real: An Examination of 9/11’s Impact on the American Post-Apocalyptic Novel, Cambridge, Mass.…. From the entry given-nameless
Meaning of protagonist
- noun The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
- noun A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
- noun An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.
Questions about protagonist in a sentence
- How do you use protagonist in a sentence?
- Protagonist is used as a noun. For example: “Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.”
- What is a short sentence with protagonist?
- “Protagonists for Taiwan of Free China see red.”
- What does protagonist mean?
- Protagonist means the main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
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