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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Julio Urías was a hero and likely Dodgers Game 1 starter.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• Never forget: The priests are the heroes of these movies.
  — Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
• There's about the same Bob Marley, so all of our heroes.
  — Jack Irvin, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
• So choosing the middle name of the Greek hero and son of Zeus isn't so ridiculous, right?
  — Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
• For the second time in three games, Brady was a last-minute hero for the Buccaneers.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
• The lunchtime crowd on Wednesday swarmed the counter for the Tommy DeVito hero.
  — Mark Bonamo Bryan Anselm, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• King T’Challa was a new-age hero for a new, uncertain time.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
• And there are some fashion-forward heroes in the mix, too—like the beloved Anine Bing tees and tanks.
  — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 5 July 2023
• The upset over the No. 6 team in the country came thanks in large part to an unlikely hero.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
• Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Love and Thunder finds our hero in a bit of a midlife crisis.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to [e-mail].
  — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
• The first aviator to fly over the Atlantic Ocean was a global hero.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
• This is our first look at Bond as existential hero, and the man can't catch a break.
  — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
• We were told our hero had to get everything, but in life, that doesn’t happen all the time.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• This, again, is pretty typical for a post-credits scene—a funny joke, combined with a little tease that the hero lives on.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
• Duane Shabazz excels as our forlorn hero, leaning into Juicy’s awkwardness in an earnest way that endears him to the audience.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024