hero's welcome
Example Sentences
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Despite medics thinking the 56-year-old would almost certainly die, she left Ward 9 at Moseley Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday, receiving a hero's welcome from her family in Penn, on the Wolverhampton/Staffordshire border.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
When Khomeini returned from exile in Paris in February 1979, he received a hero’s welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
That changed with his dramatic return and hero's welcome in December, accompanied by his fluffy ginger cat, Jebu, images of which have gone viral on Bangladeshi social media.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
"It was so heart-warming," she said of the hero's welcome she received all week.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
When she returned, she got a hero’s welcome.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
