- plural of heroine.
heroines
Example Sentences
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As heroines Brenda and Cindy, respectively, Hall and Faris were daffy, dopey and committed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
You can’t help rooting for Colleen Hoover heroines, bless their bruised hearts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Ms. Morrison wanted to infuse opera with new people, new voices, new forms, and stories that didn’t necessarily end with dead heroines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
George Cukor’s black-and-white vision traipses its heroines through dress fittings, manicures and facials, day drinking and backstabbing all the way, save for an interruption by a Technicolor fashion show.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
The more convoluted the story lines, the more I liked them, and I imagined that all the long-suffering heroines looked like me, or rather, that I looked like them.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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