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.
• Like the hero’s journey, the arc of the heroine’s journey comes in stages.
  — Literary Hub, 15 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 Argentina fans, determined to lift their team’s spirit and will their heroes to victory, belted out song after song.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
• Rattin remained an Argentine soccer hero throughout his career.
  — Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
• With his rugged handsomeness and wry sense of humor, Neill built an almost-50-year career playing heroes and villains, freaks and geniuses.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 July 2026
• An unlikely hero has catapulted Spain into the semifinals of the World Cup.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
• The parallels of this team’s performances with those of the national heroes of 2010 are uncanny, except there’s just a tad more to them.
  — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
• After an impressive run, the plucky underdogs were knocked out in a thrilling match by Argentina, but the team returned home national heroes nonetheless.
  — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Cupertino native Aaron Eckhart is well cast as a square-jawed DA hero who becomes Two-Face.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
• Scott Bryce, As the World Turns’ original Craig Montgomery who played the cunning anti-hero across three decades, has died.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
• Previous criticism was aimed at incorrect rumors that Page was cast to portray the legendary ancient Greek hero Achilles in a small part in the movie.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
• Spain's biggest heroes so far have been Pau Cubarsi, Aymeric Laporte, and Mikel Merino.
  — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
• Haaland was the hero again in the last 16, scoring twice late on as the Norwegians stunned five-time World Cup winners Brazil 2-1.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
• Merino was the late hero for the second straight match for Spain, which will face tournament favorite France in the semifinals on Tuesday in the Dallas area.
  — ABC News, 10 July 2026
• With so many heroes and villains in its library, Disney obviously has a wealth of characters to mine from, but the aim is to be more strategic about which ones make the cut for Descendants.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
• The battle between heroes and villains is back in a fifth installment of Disney‘s wildly successful Descendants franchise.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
• Nearly 30 years after the murder of the Brothers to the Rescue heroes, justice is finally moving forward.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
• The Odyssey is Nolan’s retelling of the Homer epic of the same name, and follows the hero Odysseus’ 10-year journey home after the Trojan War.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
• But the version of the classical hero that the film conjures up nevertheless embodies the great preoccupation of Nolan’s filmography.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026
• That means the bulk of the carries should go to Payne, the hero of TCU’s Alamo Bowl win over USC in December.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
• Merino was the late hero for the second straight match for Spain, which will face tournament favorite France in a semifinal Tuesday in Arlington, Texas.
  — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026