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.
• Winter: Johnny is my all-time musical hero, always has been.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 9 May 2022
• Walton plays a boy who coaxes his hero to again take up the mantle and save their city from a new villain (Asbaek).
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2022
• The finale also introduces Layla as a new hero, the Scarlet Scarab.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 5 May 2022
• That other Doctor Strange, the one in the Illuminati universe, is revered as a hero after presumably dying in battle.
  — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
• But while the prime minister continues to tweet photos of himself walking with Zelensky through Kyiv last month, he isn’t being hailed as much of a hero back in Britain.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• Lioness is operating at a larger scale than the other Sheridan series, with heroes who are trying to (in their view) save the entire world from collapse, not just their dusty hometowns.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 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
• 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
• 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
• And yet the Whalers came home to a hero’s welcome, a parade downtown.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2022
• For the second time in three games, Brady was a last-minute hero for the Buccaneers.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
• And Kelly Hart, Will’s wife and his co-manager of the rebooted Elephant 6 label, is the hero of bringing the songs into the world.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2024
• There are many legendary drivers in Formula One racing, but only one hero: Senna.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024