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.
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Roth himself plays the hero’s geek dad, who will get his just desserts.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2026
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That’s a lot to put on someone who will be redeemed and is a hero down the road.
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Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2026
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Countless stars over the years have become heroes to their team’s fan base.
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
25 July 2026
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Like the hero’s journey, the arc of the heroine’s journey comes in stages.
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Literary Hub,
15 July 2026
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Its hero need not look, nor behave, like our expectations for a man of the past.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
21 July 2026
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Of course, the bag was the true hero piece that tied everything together.
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Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
3 Aug. 2026
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Spidey and his friends have to round them up and our young hero has to make some hard decisions about his future.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2026
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Our hero’s general vibe has been scaled back from nigh-saintly to merely very nice.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2026
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Waiting for the ferry to go home, our black-eyed hero runs into Nancy.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2026
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Let’s take a look at where each of our heroes and villains have landed and project into the future.
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Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
10 July 2026
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With each successive leap, Stuart grows closer to the hero he’s meant to be.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2026
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While Robert is angry with her and Juliette — the people’s hero!
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2026
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Jake Cronenworth, the previous night’s walk-off hero, then got to a full count.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2026
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Part of Louis’s function in the story is to be that Byronic hero.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 July 2026
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These shades of grey only deepen when lightsabers start to change colors, and unlikely heroes rise.
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Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
5 Aug. 2026
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Everyone would realize this quickly and she would be welcomed and lauded as a hero.
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Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2026
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After two weeks, the zoo called off its rescue efforts, and the city (and some birders) cheered for the bird hero that overcame the odds.
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Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2026
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Spider-Man is a hero rooted in nostalgia and, by design, is one that fans can relate to.
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Sophia Morano,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2026
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So our hero’s a delightful cad, and then his own missiles explode him toward tin-man redemption.
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Ew Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Aug. 2026
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Fans were split between Oba Femi and their hometown hero Brock Lesnar.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2026
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Biden as the progressive hero, and Obama as the sad, weak appendage to the Reagan era.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2026
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That allowed Torres, who started just once in the tournament, to become the hero.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2026
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On Facebook, the college called him a true hero and asked for its community to pray for his family.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
10 Aug. 2026
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The word hero gets used too much, according to some, but battling it out with the heat for meat during grilling season is worthy of the title.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2026
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Perhaps the most valuable lesson from Swedish leadership is that the leader doesn't need to be the hero of the story.
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Jessica Hill Holm,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2026
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Ospreay tells Omega not to play the hero and to tag him in if needed, with Omega returning the sentiment.
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Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2026
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