hero

Example Sentences

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She was hailed a hero for standing up for women and children.

From BBC

The 37-year-old Kohli remained the hero with his 83rd ton across the three international formats after he raised his hundred with a boundary off Jansen and lifted his bat to a raucous home crowd.

From Barron's

He said he while he remembered "the heroes who stood up and made it count, and have fought", he was worried and angered by the misinformation and stigma that he believed still existed.

From BBC

Mr Spragg said the Olympian would want to be remembered as just a "friendly bloke - I don't think he'd got any sort of aspirations of being the hero, he was just Imran".

From BBC

The Atlantic story and other accounts of Kennedy make it clear he views himself as the lone hero of a great battle, a Beowulf intending to slay a dragon of dogma and lies.

From Salon