heroine

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Recent Examples of heroine The bow-wielding heroine of Brave spends the film rejecting the idea that a princess has to be anything other than herself. Sarah Scott, Parents, 14 Sep. 2026 The irreverent plot challenged traditional storytelling structures, and its irreverent heroine spent 104 minutes flipping her middle finger at the status quo. Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 In Washington, just as in Toronto, Dubai, Melbourne and other cities all over the world, the Filipino diaspora came out in droves to support their new heroine. Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Its heroine, Calypso, wakes up each day to find her dreams – or nightmares – become part of her real life. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heroine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroine
hero
Noun
  • Thaci was on trial with three other former KLA leaders who fought Serb forces in the 1998-99 war and are widely regarded as national heroes in Kosovo.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Her family and church life remained opaque, but her bizarre comedic timing and magnetic onscreen presence turned her into everyone’s favorite reality-TV anti-hero.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Heroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroine. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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