How to Use antihero in a Sentence

antihero

noun
  • What if we were supposed to see him as an antihero all along?
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
  • That most of these movies end with their antiheroes jailed or dead never dawns on them.
    — Pam Grady, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2018
  • This is a common thing for an antihero drama to try for a few episodes.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 1 Sep. 2018
  • Namor, the brown antihero of the film, is no shallow villain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The Goldfinch,’ this novel is told from the point of view of its con man antihero.
    — WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Now the bearded Hurst will swap sides to lend his gruff voice and stature to the antihero role.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
  • How will Ava, a bad boss and a Black woman, torque the antihero trope?
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Many shots look through the window of the car, as if forming a frame for a portrait of the antihero.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 25 Jan. 2018
  • But who endorses or cheers Carousel’s antihero and his lover?
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • As with the first film, the namesake antihero will be dark and complex with an aesthetic to match.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2022
  • All with a hint of the prestige TV antihero for good measure.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • What if we’d been asked to see her—as we are asked to see every superhero in the comic—as an antihero?
    — Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Goggins is the Ghoul, an antihero of sorts who crosses paths with Lucy.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
  • Among the ragtag crew of antiheroes is Frenchie, played by Tomer Capone.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • So, which of Good Grief’s three antiheroes does Levy relate to the most?
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Jared Leto plays the Marvel antihero in this action thriller.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Sorry …) herself as one of the season’s great antiheroes.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • The collectibles are blind-bagged, so finding one’s favorite hero, antihero or very good dog is part of the mission.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • Even for fans who might recognize a bit of themselves in these shows, there are thrills to be found watching the antiheroes squirm.
    — Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Nucky was far from perfect, and the same goes for the show's vast ensemble of criminals and antiheroes.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • El Muerto is an antihero and the son of a luchador, or Mexican wrestler.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
  • Now, in the diffuse and shapeless post-vaccine Biden era, both antihero shows and sweet shows seem to have run out of steam.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 16 June 2024
  • The movie follows the wisecracking, foul-mouthed antihero who proves that superhero movies can be for grown-ups too.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
  • But its sympathy for its aggrieved antihero feels very current.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Do the Emmys show the age of the antihero (Tony, Walt, Don) is over?
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
  • By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.
    — Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The journey to bring The Crow back to life has been as tortured as its immortal antihero.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Her composite antihero is a mother gone mad in a rural village in France.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For many, Zaslav is something of an antihero, at the center of the town’s story for all the wrong reasons.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • They’re known as a group of antiheroes who take matters into their own hands, despite what the world’s governments advise.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025

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