heroine
Example Sentences
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We burst out of the barracks, into the gray sky, and for a moment I was the heroine of the war.
From Literature
Fourth Wing introduces heroine Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old woman who is thrust into brutal training to become an elite dragon rider.
From BBC
You can’t help rooting for Colleen Hoover heroines, bless their bruised hearts.
From Los Angeles Times
Few heroines of English literature have as distinct a voice as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
The book was a touchstone in her own life, because she admired its heroine’s courage even if she never had the courage to emulate it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
