Example sentences for: protagonists

How can you use “protagonists” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He begins to investigate why the homeless man was so angry at Brock's former law firm and uncovers--as have many Grisham protagonists before him--a dirty little secret that his firm has tried to cover up.

  • The universe exists to humiliate Brooks' protagonists, to remind them of the precariousness of everything that they'd smugly assumed was fixed--the steadiness of a job, the permanence of a relationship, the support of a mother, the benign regard of the universe.

  • Grisham's protagonists tend to be more memorable in the movie versions of his novels than in the novels themselves, which is remarkable considering that the movie versions aren't terribly memorable to begin with.

  • Conversion narratives--tales of evil, reactionary, or addicted people who reform--share one complicating trait: Their protagonists tend to be more compelling in the throes of their particular depravity than after they "come to their senses."

  • Walsh's first mistake, which he acknowledges, was not pitching a fit to try to prevent Congress from granting immunity to the chief protagonists.


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