How to Use hero in a Sentence

hero

noun

• He has always been a hero to his son.
• She was a hero for standing up to the government.
• He returned from the war a national hero.
• His father has always been his hero.
• Great heroes must rise to drive back the ancient evils that roam this land.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
• For the second week in a row, Tate Schmitt played the role of hero.
  — Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
• Although its characters are presented as archetypes, there is no hero here.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 18 Mar. 2022
• The free-to-play game will launch with 33 heroes with more being added in future seasons.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
• But her status as a national hero in Australia is already safe.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
• His claim is that the rot comes from the top, while the agents out there working hard and fighting crime are still American heroes.
  — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
• The president of Ukraine has been hailed as a hero for his bravery in joining the fight against Russia.
  — Melissa Roberto, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2022
• Usually, the back-from-the-dead homecoming of a story’s hero is the stuff of triumphant season finales.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Dec. 2024
• Good thing Olivia Rodrigo, a national hero, has the solution.
  — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
• These characters aren’t even heroes so much as misunderstood monsters trapped in a cycle of violence.
  — EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
• That was a kind of an article of faith among us, as parents: that he would have been treated as a child who engaged in a traumatic activity, and not instead hailed as a hero.
  — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• Roberts received a hero’s welcome and was given a special honor award from Naha Mayor Satoru Chinen.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
• Perhaps the most recognizable if not artistically celebrated piece of statuary in much of the world does not depict a hero or god of antiquity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
• And now, the DC universe has a new hero in Calle's Kara.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 June 2023
• Toward the end of the video, Moore calls Metzger a hero.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
• The unsung hero in both the rise and fall of the market is supply.
  — John Walkup, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• Yen’s Caine, from the beginning of the film, is set up as a kind of hero.
  — Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• With so much star power, the question had to be asked: Which was the hero?
  — Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2022
• For Percy, the math is easy: Medusa is a villain, and Perseus is a hero.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
• Turkey Vultures are one of the heroes of the bird world.
  — Liz Clayton Fuller, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
• Fans may look up to players on the court, but Hunter is a hero on the sidelines.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 June 2022
• Cincinnati's Sam Hubbard was the hero in the Bengals' win over the Ravens.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
• A lot of my scenes were with Kristen and Kristen is a hero of mine.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
• So be ready, be your own hero, and bring your own battery.
  — Tara Aquino, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
• When a hero is called to action, their cat gets left behind on the couch.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
• What is a hero but someone who stands up for those who can’t?
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024