Below you will find example sentences with "supporting role". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Supporting Role in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: supporting
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.4 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "supporting role" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 26.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in a supporting role, a prominent supporting role in the, best, film and actor stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with supporting actress, vital role, supporting actor, supporting actress and supporting cast, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with supporting role
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Benjamin Shimwa played the primary supporting role of Ewart Rokosh. (10 words)
His supporting role won him his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award. (12 words)
He had a supporting role in the movie starring Kamal Haasan in the lead. (14 words)
To prove this point, she has been nominated ten times for the role including a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role. (37 words)
The US actor was last nominated for a Golden Globe almost 30 years ago, for his role in Sabrina, so it came as a surprise that he was recognised for his supporting role in TV series Shrinking. (37 words)
The film was nominated for five Academy Awards : Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing in a Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
To prove this point, she has been nominated ten times for the role including a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
His supporting role won him his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award.
James Stewart also stars in a supporting role as a mysterious clown who never removes his make-up, even between shows, while Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame play supporting roles.
Henry Bartak, who played the role of Herbert Tingley in The Last Real Summer took home Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role, at the festival Saturday night, May 27.
It also swept the board at the Netherlands Film Festival in October, winning its best Feature Film, Director, Cinematography, Leading Role for Soutendijk and Supporting Role for Florian Myjer.
The US actor was last nominated for a Golden Globe almost 30 years ago, for his role in Sabrina, so it came as a surprise that he was recognised for his supporting role in TV series Shrinking.
For women, the trend was similar and worse, with no nominees age 60 and above for actress in a leading role and only one nominee (Kathy Bates, 71) for actress in a supporting role.
Her last starring role in a film was 2017’s romcom (she had a supporting role in 2018’s gets fast-tracked, this could mark a pretty significant return to the big screen.
Juhi Chawla was supposed to play Karishma Kapoor’s role but she refused as she did not want to play a supporting role to Madhuri.
The lead role was written as white, with a black cop in a supporting role.
Bullock had a prominent supporting role in the science-fiction/action film Demolition Man (1993), followed by a leading role in Speed the following year.
That same year, a supporting role in Highlander showcased his ability to play older mentors to younger leads, which would become a recurring role in many of his later films.
The film was nominated for five Academy Awards : Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing in a Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
Although the character has been well-received in film and comics, he has yet to lead his solo animated series, having been relegated to a supporting role in several Spider-Man series so far.
And while Mr. DeSantis may be the nominal star, it is his wife, in her supporting role, who has been making the most notable entrances.
As a supporting role, players should also use the Titan as a healer by intensifying Volatile damage output.
At the time, the plaque which McDaniel won was typical for supporting role wins, while the more famous statuette award was reserved for leading roles.
Benjamin Shimwa played the primary supporting role of Ewart Rokosh.
He gets some great moments of his own, such as when he meets the ghost of Elvis Presley, and excels in a supporting role despite his speech being mostly intelligible.
He had a supporting role in the movie starring Kamal Haasan in the lead.