heroics

/ (hɪˈrəʊɪks) /


pl n
  1. prosody short for heroic verse

  2. extravagant or melodramatic language, behaviour, etc

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How to use heroics in a sentence

  • We left Mrs Sullivan sobbing in her anger, when her husband bounded out of the room in his heroics.

    Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.

    A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. Lucas
  • Having a romantic temperament and a taste for heroics, I had wished to fight and eat hard tack for my country.

    Duffels | Edward Eggleston
  • He himself has stood within the ruined Colosseum and re-echoed Byron's heroics.

    Flowers of Freethought | George W. Foote
  • There must be no heroics at parting; she would leave in the early morning and must reserve all her strength.