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.
• For the second week in a row, Tate Schmitt played the role of hero.
  — Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 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
• 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
• Great heroes must rise to drive back the ancient evils that roam this land.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Dune: Prophecy allows its female leads to play both hero and villain.
  — Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
• An 8-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of his choking friend in the elementary school cafeteria.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025