heroic
Example Sentences
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For those who have followed Dowman's short but exciting career, these achievements and his goalscoring heroics have come as no surprise.
From BBC
The school's 140 students as well as "our amazing staff, our courageous teachers, and our heroic security personnel" were all accounted for and safe, according to the statement.
From BBC
But on Tuesday, Washington was hardly an opponent that required heroic efforts to topple.
Synchronous to the debates around heroic police characters in TV and movies that “Bad Boys” contributes to perpetuating are critiques concerning the commodification of Black pain.
From Salon
They rehearsed martial arts in gentlemanly competitions of archery or horsemanship and recycled past heroics as entertainment in innumerable new stage dramas, literature, paintings and prints.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
