heroic
Example Sentences
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Scott Boland – 6 – No heroics to match the Boxing Day Ashes Test of four years ago.
From BBC
He is the author of three collections of lyric poems and two book-length narrative poems in heroic couplets that nearly defy summary.
Roth paints a dreary portrait of how that scenario could have played out, but the horrors are resolved by something of a deus ex machina rather than by any one character’s bold, heroic actions.
From Los Angeles Times
A 12-year-old boy has been praised for his heroic actions after steering his mother's car to safety when she fainted behind the wheel on a major road.
From BBC
I longed to experience the life of a soldier—to experience the noble mission of Union volunteers who fought for freedom and the heroic deeds they performed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
