heroes

Example Sentences

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Monday, May 25 is Memorial Day, when America honors its fallen heroes — and financial markets and other institutions will be closed in observance of the holiday.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

That extra ingredient is what our heroes want to locate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

My heroes when I was a kid were Dr. J and Muhammad Ali; those were my two heroes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Despite cinema’s extensive library of cheerful animal heroes, led by “Babe” and Wilbur of “Charlotte’s Web,” the titular premise of “The Sheep Detectives” apparently strikes many people as bizarre.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Hercules, who was the most magnificent of all the heroes of Greece, was always in his mind, and the determination to be just as magnificent himself.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton