hero
noun
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character.
heroes
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pluralof hero.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
"So many of the heroes in our own lives don't have that big swashbuckling moment," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
His prolonged absence from America also gave Lafayette a unique aura among the heroes of the Revolution, as he alone was untainted by the partisan politics that had followed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo says the star-studded, all-women lineup for her Daisy Chain Fields music festival is “truly insane and full of my heroes and friends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dr. Johnson’s simple question gets to the heart of a basic and uncomfortable fact: some of the rowdiest cries for America’s freedom came from the Founding Fathers, heroes in the American quest for liberty.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
