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Recent Examples of heroine
Her Cher is the heroine Austen imagined in 1815, only 180 years later.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
My heroine is not looking for ways to save herself.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 10 July 2025
Similarly, in Romeo and Juliet, the young heroine, Juliet, is distraught because her parents are forcing her to marry someone other than Romeo.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
These royal heroines have been bibbidi-bobbidi-boosted since the late '30s.
—EW.com, 23 June 2025
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
My heroine is not looking for ways to save herself.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 10 July 2025
Similarly, in Romeo and Juliet, the young heroine, Juliet, is distraught because her parents are forcing her to marry someone other than Romeo.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
These royal heroines have been bibbidi-bobbidi-boosted since the late '30s.
—EW.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroine
hero
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The scene exposes the mythic hero and the choking mortal as two sides of the same coin: the fantasy of striving as salvation, and the ugly truth of its price.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Hesse serves as the film’s unsung cinematic hero, along with his protégé, filmmaker and producer Anita Afonu.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Heroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroine. Accessed 11 Aug. 2025.
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