Sentence examples for influential characters from inspiring English sources

Omid Malekan imagines a comical, off-the-record encounter between two highly influential characters in the news.

While there was a cast of remarkable and influential characters in London in the 1890s, I resisted their desire to dominate my play.

The astute dealer was, Mr. Rock says, "one of the most influential characters in the formation of English Grand Tour taste in the late 18th century".

One of the most influential characters in the Southern revival is Glenn Roberts, the owner of Anson Mills in Columbia, S.C., a grower of heirloom grains across the region, and a walking Wikipedia on the agricultural history of the South.

The concept for the series was created by Higson, who paid tribute to "one of literature's most important and influential characters".

Homer is one of the most influential characters in the history of television.

This influential character, at once normal and ideal, is known as "the reasonable man".

On occasion, the most influential character in the story never appears, like the irascible dead husband — and famous writer — whose oversize personality fills the background of "Irina".

MOST INFLUENTIAL CHARACTER -- Alice in Wonderland INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATION -- 'It took me a lifetime to learn how to paint like a child.' Picasso FAVORITE AUTHOR -- Eudora Welty.

(The play is dedicated to Vaclav Havel. He attended the opening night, along with Mick Jagger, who also figures as an unseen but influential character in "Rock 'n' Roll," which transfers to the West End next month).

So, if this theory is sound - that you don't win a world cup without an influential character at fly-half - who of the leading nations' No 10s can cope with the pressure of expectation, hope and fear of failure?