- plural of hero.
heroes
Example Sentences
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There’s no movie star to take charge, and Greengrass doesn’t inflate the passengers into larger-than-life heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The charms of those “Mystery!” chestnuts resided largely in heroes who were, if not rigid, then regularly, reliably eccentric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
"So many of the heroes in our own lives don't have that big swashbuckling moment," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
But many, like Neel, went to their beds that night with heavy hearts because the leaders and heroes of the village were going on a dangerous quest for their sakes and might never return.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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