PROTAGONIST in a Sentence

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1. She was herself a vehement protagonist of sexual equality.
2. Macbeth was the eponymous protagonist of Shakespeare's play.
3. Mrs Pankhurst was one of the chief protagonists of women's rights.
4. The most likely protagonist was some other federal politician or government official.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROTAGONIST
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protagonist
 n.  principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion
Classic Sentence:
1  Their appearance confirmed the impression that the show had been staged regardless of expense, and emphasized its resemblance to one of those "costume-plays" in which the protagonists walk through the passions without displacing a drapery.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
Example Sentence:
1  The most likely protagonist was some other federal politician or government official.
2  Macbeth was the eponymous protagonist of Shakespeare's play.
3  The game, which features a puffy, pink protagonist who gobbles up enemies and spits them out as projectiles, became a hallmark of casual gameplay for the mobile game device well before the era of smartphone games.
4  The storyline of the game is exactly the same like of the movie. The protagonist Peter Parker aka Spiderman continues to fight the evils Oscorp, The Lizard and Gwen Stacy.
5  She was herself a vehement protagonist of sexual equality.
6  The film is thus structured as a race against time adventure in which odd couple protagonists Joy and Sadness must traverse disparate locales in order to return home.
7  Mrs Pankhurst was one of the chief protagonists of women's rights.