hero
Example Sentences
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A student of the game, King classed Riggs as one of her heroes, and she prepared both physically and mentally for the match.
From BBC
It’s an unconventional psychological profile for an action hero, which Mr. Liu certainly is—the fight scenes, in which the female characters more than hold their own, are intense.
Alden Pyle, a young American diplomat, believes he is the hero of his own adventure story and has a plan for the West to win the war.
Also notable in “Alone in Berlin” is the point of view of both the author and his fictional heroes.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Clayton’s “Finding Ways,” whose triumphant melody coalesces from a loose geometry of intervals, and which relies on tension-and-release, suggests the architecture and motion of music by pianist Andrew Hill, another 1960s Blue Note hero.
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