heroines
Example Sentences
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“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Like her heroines, no one tells Knoll what to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Few heroines of English literature have as distinct a voice as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
I couldn’t tell where the stories left off and the dreams began, her voice the voice of the heroines in my sleep.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
