heroine

Example Sentences

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Its second season begins with Anna Sawai’s heroine Cate Randa refusing to leave Russell’s retired U.S.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

And Paul’s casting as “The Bachelorette” makes her the first heroine who was not a contestant on a previous season of “The Bachelor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

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 • Mar. 16, 2026

The feisty heroine is Iris Hawkins, who, in the course of a tentative love affair with a nerdy engineer named Geoffrey Hale, discovers the pernicious designs of a secret order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The heroine and Ignatius opened their mouths simultaneously, hers in song, his in a groan.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole