Sentence examples for reprehensible characters from inspiring English sources

Neither a world at war nor her decision to marry a wealthy bully who is one of the more reprehensible characters in American literature changes this.

West was clear that the new versions of the stories do not expose Fitzgerald as an antisemite: "the antisemitic slurs in these stories are spoken by reprehensible characters.

In lesser hands, this would be another in a long line of feel-bad books examining the human underbelly, in which reprehensible characters do reprehensible things until you just want them to get over themselves and grow up.

Had the playwright Frank Wedekind been alive during the rise of National Socialism in his native Germany, he would surely have been extinguished, along with the morally reprehensible characters who were his mind's great love.

We can see now that this was not altogether his choice". West was clear that the new versions of the stories do not expose Fitzgerald as an antisemite: "the antisemitic slurs in these stories are spoken by reprehensible characters.

By Hilton Als Had the playwright Frank Wedekind been alive during the rise of National Socialism in his native Germany, he would surely have been extinguished, along with the morally reprehensible characters who were his mind's great love.

Crowds of adults watching shows in Covent Garden and Bartholomew Fair in London would laugh and tut at Punch, a thoroughly reprehensible character who is known for hitting his wife and his baby over the head with a stick.

But now a new history of the town has stirred up a deep controversy by questioning whether Worthing is right to pay homage to a man of "reprehensible" character.

It also takes side trips into the lives of a television newscaster, played by Ms. Ryder, and a particularly reprehensible character played by Mr. Rourke in his last role before starring in "The Wrestler," a picture that has unexpectedly pushed him toward the front of this year's Oscar race.

While this season did give a few other characters moments to let their terribleness shine, Hannah continually found herself in situations where she became the most selfish and reprehensible character onscreen.

To his chagrin, countless moviegoers hoped to emulate him, no matter how reprehensible the characters he played.