heroine

Example Sentences

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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

As Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver meets the threat with grit and nerve in a situation where there is nowhere to go and no help coming, a performance that helped define the modern action heroine.

From Los Angeles Times

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