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.
• Worthy ideas such as a national garden to honor heroes could also find success at the state and local level.
  — John Hatzis, National Review, 13 Sep. 2024
• There’s always backlash; history lionizes you as a hero, but until then a lot of people castigate you as a villain.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• So by the logic set out in Uncle Rick’s books, these girls were born to be heroes.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Now, Artemis, the Bourg family dog, is being hailed a hero.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, the other heel of the hero isn’t doing too hot either.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• There’s some peril as well, but the heroes always come out on top.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• And besides, how can anyone resist a hero who runs through a war zone in flip-flops?
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• Yet some of this era’s biggest rap heroes are nearing — and above — forty.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• In his quick climb through the music industry, he's had the chance to meet a few of his heroes already.
  — ELLE, 4 June 2023

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024