Sentence examples for tangential character from inspiring English sources

In "The Descendants," Alexander Payne's soon-to-be-released film (Nov. 18), Judy Greer, best known for kooky-friend roles in romantic comedies, makes a strong, poignant impression in a handful of scenes opposite George Clooney playing a fairly tangential character: the wife of the man Mr. Clooney's character believes his wife had an affair with.

I've recently written about how Betty's such a tangential character that I just don't see the point of including her.

Survival features an extremely tangential character - Sgt. Crocket, the leader of a group of soldiers turned rogue commando unit - from Diary of the Dead, Romero's last opus.

Rarely is there room for off-topic subplots or tangential characters.

Plus, the idea of tangential characters being the murderers feels true to the Nic Pizzolatto ethos.

In addition to Ravi's and Laura's experiences, there are elaborate back stories and extended sidebar plots for many tangential characters, set alongside de Kretser's tart, thoughtful and frequently moving observations about travel, working life, family, friendship, migration and the disruptive and emollient effects of technology on all the above.

A fourth cast member represents tangential characters including Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, and Hedda Hopper.

Van Slyke's dad, Andy, played a tangential role in that.

But even Ellen, the most tangential of the characters, has some lovely barbed monologues, including one in which she describes how she knew her childhood had ended when her mom turned her bedroom into a craft room.

Same deal for Bill and Sookie's fangy-bloody sex scene, though it's interesting how tangential both of the series' main characters feel in the season opener.

"She definitely shifted my original conception of the character, which was a much more tangential girl, whose main job was to illuminate how un-'Sex and the City' this world was," Dunham wrote to me in an e-mail.