Sentence examples for substantial character from inspiring English sources

Sam Rockwell plays the only substantial character we see on screen, but there are two of him.

Madeline, glimpsed only twice in the original tale, here becomes a substantial character, before her lurid zombie-type reanimation.

The following year provided a more substantial character as Rabbitzn, in A Price Above Rubies, an intriguing feminist assault on orthodox Jewish life in Brooklyn.

Jennifer Connelly, as Noah's wife, becomes a substantial character, posing questions for the patriarch and acting in effect as his suppressed conscience.

I guess that was just too much to ask of Rodriguez, but I truly hope that the parents of his potential Michigan recruits take note of his many substantial character flaws.Michelle Sandy Sterling, Va.

Italy, a substantial character in this film, its landscape largely intact from the Renaissance paintings which celebrate it, its history as the artistic and classical heart of the Continent, has particular appeal.

"Minor characters in the book are becoming very substantial characters in the show," he said in the interview.

All of which means that taking on substantial characters whose experiences differ widely from your own can be an act of small courage for a writer.

The director, Jackson Gay, does a fine job of navigating those tricky tonal shifts while keeping tabs on 11 substantial characters.

Perhaps the letters he could never send or something like that would have made it a bit more interesting, but on the whole I thought it was an amazing book with truly substantial characters and a fantastic storyline.

But Ms. Healy spends so much time setting out the parameters of her particular dystopia that incidental matters like the creation of substantial characters, a consistent story and a philosophical argument get lost in the ominous murk.