How to Use heroic in a Sentence
- It was heroic of those women to fight for the right to vote.
- The soldiers received medals for their heroic actions.
- Despite heroic efforts to save the business, it ultimately went bankrupt.
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That wasn't his last heroic act.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
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Getting your two kids ready for school and out the door—that is a heroic act.
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Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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Now that is just downright heroic.
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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And see you later to the heroic Hawkins kids.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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He wasn’t asked to be heroic every week like Ward.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Lane had his share of heroic moments throughout the game.
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Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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And those children will wait for their heroic father.
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Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Which teams will author their own heroic stories this fall?
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Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
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Turns out, the beloved cookie is getting a heroic makeover.
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Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2026
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When the squad got home, they were not given the heroic treatment they were promised.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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That’s what heroic leaders are supposed to say.
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David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Battle of the Bridge is a heroic stand.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The act was stupid and futile, yet heroic and life-affirming.
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Rabih Alameddine
september 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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The heroic death plays out almost as a footnote in an otherwise grim day at sea.
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Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
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Cape Verde’s heroic goalkeeper Write a short blurb with link to video.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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In his hands, Tom can be buffoonish, tragic, doomed and heroic at once.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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One life saved by heroic medical care is a miracle.
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Dr. Tom Frieden,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The heroic leader values speed.
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David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Keep it repeatable, not heroic.
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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But right now in the aftermath of that heroic action is a family that has to pick up the pieces.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Let’s pray the cannabis and psychedelics industries/movements move forward in a heroic way.
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Philip Wolf,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
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And then the sobering reflection of today of the lives lost, the heroic things that took place on that day by so many.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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His resistance has been lauded as heroic.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
28 Jan. 2026
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The first is the heroic-visionary model.
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David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Growing up in the ’70s, for me, the Yankees were, like, heroic.
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Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Despite his heroic efforts, the couple never got his name.
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David Begnaud,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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In three of the four attacks, further violence was stopped by heroic takedowns on scene.
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Jacob Ware,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks didn’t need heroics this time.
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C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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This one had more late-inning heroics as well.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2025
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And the raccoon heroics don’t stop there.
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Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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But his heroics were inevitable.
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Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Juneau stayed alive with late-game heroics against the Wolverines.
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Anchorage Daily News,
1 Aug. 2019
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Or Durham’s skillset based on his latest heroics.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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So he’s seen some of Young’s fourth-quarter heroics.
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Joseph Person,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Those heroics opened the door to a mayoral campaign.
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John Avlon,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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If not for his heroics in the crease, who knows where the Blue and White would be.
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Joe Williams,
USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire,
28 Dec. 2019
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But even his heroics couldn’t prevent the inevitable.
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Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Derek Hill’s heroics on Sunday were just not enough.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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In the end, the Midshipmen had some late-game heroics of their own.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Oct. 2019
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Both teams just banging at each other and the close games and the late-inning heroics.
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Maria Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2019
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The senior catcher will try to produce more heroics this spring.
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Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2024
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Their heroics will be talked about for generations to come.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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His high-scoring heroics spoiled those Knicks’ first trip to the playoffs in eight years.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Or will Vozinha keep up the heroics?
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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This feels like a game that will come down to Bryce Young’s patented crunch-time heroics.
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Charlotte Observer,
14 Dec. 2025
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Jewell did not know it then, but the government already had its doubts about his heroics.
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Adam Carlson,
PEOPLE.com,
1 Jan. 2020
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But the stories have no sense of heightened ego or inflated heroics.
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Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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That team was so close-knit, some of them predicted heroics from the journeyman.
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Bruce Jenkins,
SFChronicle.com,
26 Dec. 2019
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Campusano then turned in his first bit of heroics, lining a double to left field to tie the game.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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For all their athletic exploits to date, none compare with their off-field heroics.
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John Shea,
SFChronicle.com,
28 Feb. 2020
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At that point, North Crowley needed some late game heroics.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Facebook post the heroics of a couple who stopped to see what was inside the box left on the side of the highway.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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My God, both teams just banging at each other and the close games and the late-inning heroics.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2019
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Leonard’s heroics were a bandage that covered up the Clippers’ wounds.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2023
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The next Mets heroics came in the following inning.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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His heroics on the national stage inspired Ohtani to follow him to the same school.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2019
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Keep it up, and all anyone will remember is the heroics — including those to come.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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