heroine

[US]/ˈherəʊɪn/
[UK]/ˈheroʊɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. female hero; woman of distinguished courage or ability
adj. heroic in nature

Example Sentences

she was the heroine of a materialist generation.

The film concludes with the heroine's death.

emblazoning a heroine's deeds in song.

your heroine will be united with her destined mate.

the heroes and heroines of the silver screen

the fairy godmother waves her magic wand and grants the heroine's wishes.

Jewish heroine who saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes

The hit the target heroine Elizabeth family background Yu squireen family, is that rich and powerful people children reaches what the west loves heartily.

Our heroine, Madeline, lives with eleven other girls in an old house in Paris under the care of the kind Miss Clavel.

In the novels of the period the dilemma was felicitously solved by the discovery, on the last page, that the apparently penniless heroine was really a great heiress .

The spunky, fortitudinous heroine ántonia, the boundless Nebraska prairie and the struggle of the immigrants in the frontier all greatly impress the reader.

The playscript of the film oringinated from best-selling novel"The Da Vinci Code".The background, the content, the hero and the heroine all have considerable selling points.

Real-world Examples

I gather you were the heroine of the pig drama.

Source: Downton Abbey Season 4

I used to love Irina, she was my heroine.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

She's the heroine of the story.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

Ligeia. Edgar Allan Poe's heroine Ligeia is a brilliant and beautiful woman.

Source: The importance of English names.

I never thought that an old lady could be the heroine of a detective story!

Source: Beijing Normal University New Curriculum Reform Junior High School English Grade 8 Second Semester

Near the end of the book, the hero swept the large-breasted, blonde heroine into a zestful embrace.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

That timid girl has grown into a courageous heroine.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

Susan, I'm just going across the street. There's no need to act like a silent movie heroine.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

Her dry wit and cheeky playfulness informs her heroines, whose conversational tone welcomes readers with a conspiratorial wink.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

A tragedy always concludes with the hero's or the heroine's death.

Source: Four-level vocabulary frequency weekly plan

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