How to Use hero in a Sentence

hero

noun
Definition of heronext
Synonyms for heronext
  • He has always been a hero to his son.
  • She was a hero for standing up to the government.
  • He returned from the war a national hero.
  • His father has always been his hero.
  • And now, the DC universe has a new hero in Calle's Kara.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 June 2023
  • Toward the end of the video, Moore calls Metzger a hero.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The unsung hero in both the rise and fall of the market is supply.
    — John Walkup, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Yen’s Caine, from the beginning of the film, is set up as a kind of hero.
    — Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • For Percy, the math is easy: Medusa is a villain, and Perseus is a hero.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Turkey Vultures are one of the heroes of the bird world.
    — Liz Clayton Fuller, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Cincinnati's Sam Hubbard was the hero in the Bengals' win over the Ravens.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • A lot of my scenes were with Kristen and Kristen is a hero of mine.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
  • So be ready, be your own hero, and bring your own battery.
    — Tara Aquino, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
  • When a hero is called to action, their cat gets left behind on the couch.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Julio Urías was a hero and likely Dodgers Game 1 starter.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Never forget: The priests are the heroes of these movies.
    — Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
  • There's about the same Bob Marley, so all of our heroes.
    — Jack Irvin, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • So choosing the middle name of the Greek hero and son of Zeus isn't so ridiculous, right?
    — Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • And yet the Whalers came home to a hero’s welcome, a parade downtown.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2022
  • For the second time in three games, Brady was a last-minute hero for the Buccaneers.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The lunchtime crowd on Wednesday swarmed the counter for the Tommy DeVito hero.
    — Mark Bonamo Bryan Anselm, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • King T’Challa was a new-age hero for a new, uncertain time.
    — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
  • And there are some fashion-forward heroes in the mix, too—like the beloved Anine Bing tees and tanks.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 5 July 2023
  • The upset over the No. 6 team in the country came thanks in large part to an unlikely hero.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Love and Thunder finds our hero in a bit of a midlife crisis.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org.
    — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The first aviator to fly over the Atlantic Ocean was a global hero.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
  • This is our first look at Bond as existential hero, and the man can't catch a break.
    — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
  • By now we were used to hearing about how Trump had been saved by God, but his return to Butler was meant to cement his image as a martyr and a hero.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • These unsung heroes are essential to an artist’s team and their foundation.
    — Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024

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