heroic
Example Sentences
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Taix was where I watched the heroic Zinedine Zidane headbutt the gutless Marco Materazzi in the saddest World Cup final ever.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
But on Tuesday, Washington was hardly an opponent that required heroic efforts to topple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Even less heroic — or catastrophic — assumptions lead to alarmingly high numbers.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
However, in the decades since, many have cast doubt over the supposedly heroic role of the king.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
But if this was a story in the heroic age, they would give my great-grandfather a name, Jamshid, and a personality—ever-laughing Jamshid with a limp in the foot his father crushed with a plow.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.