heroine

Example Sentences

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“It is a great play because, by the end, Tom Stoppard touches ineffability, just as his heroine touches genius.”

From Los Angeles Times

These days, right, you’re more likely to read about a heroine who’s running a podcast or working at a digital news site.

From Salon

"The heroines leave their families, their universities, their jobs and go into hell to their new lovers, who promise them love and a happy life," she wrote on her Telegram channel.

From Reuters

In the midst of what would now be described as a quarter-life crisis, the distressed heroine, Patricia, even regularly goes to the gym after her high-stress job writing fashion advertising copy for a department store.

From New York Times

Its heroine, on the other hand, would surely love to work for one of those film companies.

From Washington Post