How to Use hero in a Sentence

hero

noun

• He has always been a hero to his son.
• She was a hero for standing up to the government.
• He returned from the war a national hero.
• His father has always been his hero.
• Countless stars over the years have become heroes to their team’s fan base.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2026
• Like the hero’s journey, the arc of the heroine’s journey comes in stages.
  — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
• Its hero need not look, nor behave, like our expectations for a man of the past.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
• Let’s take a look at where each of our heroes and villains have landed and project into the future.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
• With each successive leap, Stuart grows closer to the hero he’s meant to be.
  — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
• Part of Louis’s function in the story is to be that Byronic hero.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026
• Spider-Man is a hero rooted in nostalgia and, by design, is one that fans can relate to.
  — Sophia Morano, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• Biden as the progressive hero, and Obama as the sad, weak appendage to the Reagan era.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
• That allowed Torres, who started just once in the tournament, to become the hero.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
• Ospreay tells Omega not to play the hero and to tag him in if needed, with Omega returning the sentiment.
  — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• Fred had few heroes but revered Coltrane like no other, privately mourning his too-early passing.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
• Saar made the piece for the show, which issued an open invitation to Black artists to create work about Black heroes.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
• One friend described the heroine’s journey as if the hero’s journey went to therapy—reflective and aware of context.
  — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
• As our bodies, minds, and spirits gain wisdom from more people and experiences, role models and heroes change.
  — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
• Neill was best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park as Alan Grant, the film’s hero.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
• Like a character on a hero’s journey, Nunez initially resisted the call.
  — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
• Watch for launches that lead with the payload (a peptide complex, a growth factor blend) and treat spicules as the delivery mechanism, not the hero.
  — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
• Wide Brim Hats Hats are the other heroes of eye protection—and can elevate your style at the same time.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026
• There will also be a photo opportunity, DJ and a hero training cource.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
• Sonny, its hero, has checked into Sanctuary, a spendy Phoenix-area resort, for an extended stay.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
• But there were hero moments here too, the same refusal to lose, the same team-work, the same selfless effort in exhausting physical conditions.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• The daily grind of training camp is nothing like it once was, though, and there certainly aren't as many opportunities for fans to see their heroes.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.
  — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
• Whether driven by admiration or nostalgia for his first spell, the club’s fans flooded the comments section welcoming back their hero.
  — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 24 July 2026
• The Odyssey follows mythic hero Odysseus on his arduous decade-long journey home after the Trojan war.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026
• Who the actress is playing has been kept a total mystery, a rarity for the type of movie that often advertises its villains as much as its heroes.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026