CHARACTER in a Sentence

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With this impression of her interesting character upon her, Mrs. Sparsit considered herself, in some sort, the Bank Fairy.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHARACTER
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character
 n.  mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Now, a real German invariably prints in the Latin character, so that we may safely say that this was not written by one, but by a clumsy imitator who overdid his part.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
3  He had SEEMED to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
4  In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
5  "He don't seem a very popular character," observed the latter.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE CAREW MURDER CASE
6  Utterson became so used to the unvarying character of these reports, that he fell off little by little in the frequency of his visits.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
7  I have been a determined character in later life, and I suppose I was then.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
8  His character was not unkind, all things considered; it might have been a very kind one indeed, if he had only made some round mistake in the arithmetic that balanced it, years ago.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
9  With this impression of her interesting character upon her, Mrs. Sparsit considered herself, in some sort, the Bank Fairy.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
10  When the first hour was out, Stephen even began to have an uncomfortable sensation upon him of being for the time a disreputable character.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
11  I have no further trust, than that I know something of her character and her marriage.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
12  He shall come back of his own accord to clear himself, and put all those that have injured his good character, and he not here for its defence, to shame.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
13  It was not difficult to ascertain the condition and character of one of these personages.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  Yet so loose were the ideas of the times respecting the conduct of the clergy, whether secular or regular, that the Prior Aymer maintained a fair character in the neighbourhood of his abbey.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  Prior Aymer, therefore, and his character, were well known to our Saxon serfs, who made their rude obeisance, and received his "benedicite, mes filz," in return.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (153 in 11 pages)
16  The measure of a man's real character is what he would do ifhe knew he would never be found out.
17  The book gives a fascinating insight into Mrs Blair's character.
18  Politeness is traditionally part of the British character.
19  An actor has to build a character and extend his own emotional repertoire.
20  If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
21  The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge.
22  The film is autobiographical and the central character is played by Collard himself.
23  The central character of the novel is a sort of underworld figure.
24  Playing a character so different from herself was a challenge.
25  Genius is formed in quiet, character in the strenm of life.
26  It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.
27  Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.
28  Education has for its object the formation of character.
29  A man's actions show his character.
30  Greeley says he's a genuinely reformed character.