ROLE in a Sentence

Learn ROLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

180 example sentences for ROLE, such as:

1. Her defiance, her enjoyment of the role, ran out.
2. He now felt ready to take on the role of director.
3. It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
4. He was absorbed in the role he had created for himself.
5. He holds certain expectations about the teacher's role.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
role
 n.  normal activity of a person in particular social setting; part played by a performer
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  Though she was thoroughly aware of his insincerity, she much preferred him in the role of the romantic blockader.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  I feared that 'visiting the sick and the imprisoned' was not your proper role.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
3  The role she enacted was that of a refined sweet Southern lady in distress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  "But I just can't see you in the role of a guardian," and she laughed, hoping to disconcert him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
5  Miss Corby's role was jocularity: she always entered the conversation with a handspring.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
6  Rosedale in the paternal role was hardly a figure to soften Lily; yet she could not but notice a quality of homely goodness in his advances to the child.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
7  Her defiance, her enjoyment of the role, ran out.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  On the screen, in the role of a composer, appeared an actor called Eric Valour.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IV
10  Mrs. Pontellier was glad he had not assumed a similar role toward herself.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
11  Upon this Theodulia Ivanovna requested her guest to be seated, and accompanied the invitation with the kind of bow usually employed only by actresses who are playing the role of queens.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
12  Although in female society Anatole usually assumed the role of a man tired of being run after by women, his vanity was flattered by the spectacle of his power over these three women.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV
13  To be in Anna Pavlovna's drawing room he considered an important step up in the service, and he at once understood his role, letting his hostess make use of whatever interest he had to offer.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI
14  "On the contrary, things seem satisfactory, ma cousine," said Pierre in the bantering tone he habitually adopted toward her, always feeling uncomfortable in the role of her benefactor.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVIII
15  He was absorbed in the role he had created for himself.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (155 in 11 pages)
16  He was amazingly inventive and resourceful, and played a major role in my career.
17  He holds certain expectations about the teacher's role.
18  In many marriages there has been a complete role reversal with the man staying at home and the woman going out to work.
19  Cultural beliefs about the role of women converge with government policies.
20  The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.
21  In her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to reach senior management level in the company.
22  The company's role is to repurpose print data for use on the Web.
23  Yet the way men define their role has remained remarkably consistent.
24  Churches are taking a key role in the democratic process.
25  The role of scientists is to observe and describe the world, not to try to control it.
26  It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
27  He now felt ready to take on the role of director.
28  Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC.
29  The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.
30  Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.