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heroine

[her-oh-in] / ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn /


NOUN
principal female character
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Our titular heroine is only 13 years old when her escapade begins – a little more mature than most of the director’s protagonists, but still innocent enough not to be jaded.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Think of it more as an inversion, with a bottom-up view of its heroine Emma Harte’s life viewed through parallel timelines.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Since Deutch’s first lead role in the undervalued 2014 “Twilight” piggybacker “Vampire Academy,” her screen presence has been 15-going-on-45: a dimpled ingenue with the confident patter of a Preston Sturges heroine.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Kerewin is a memorable heroine, a chain-smoking, stumpy, frizzy-haired genius of a woman who can outfight, outfish and outwit anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

If they had only known how frail was their iron-wili heroine.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

I could easily hail “Howl’s Moving Castle” as a tribute to maturity, especially when placed against other Miyazaki stories starring young heroines setting out on adventures.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

In “Trouble,” she buzzes with nervous energy, her dizzying delivery of Raphaelson’s smart dialogue creating the template for the screwball heroines soon to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

You can’t help rooting for Colleen Hoover heroines, bless their bruised hearts.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

Over the years, Dharmendra said he was cast against 70 heroines, but his most successful screen pairing was with Hema Malini, who later became his second wife.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

The more convoluted the story lines, the more I liked them, and I imagined that all the long-suffering heroines looked like me, or rather, that I looked like them.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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