antihero

Example Sentences

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Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Anthony Geary, who played the charming antihero Luke Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” will make his last appearance on the soap opera on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

But now, a couple of months since leaving LIV, the 70-year-old Norman sees himself as golf’s antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Mia, Lyle says, is a bit of an antihero and woman on the edge.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

He makes Chishiya an antihero without concern, even when the stakes could mean his death.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2022