his brothers all died heroically on the battlefield
Example sentencesExamples
Without adequate doctors, medical facilities, and transportation, the clergymen heroically struggle to save lives and ease the pain of the victims.
The Assembly heroically defied the government once again and rejected the two bills.
We see firefighters heroically battling a blaze.
The elite group of airmen heroically fought in World War II.
A 28-year-old employee heroically attempted to keep thugs from robbing her store.
He became the first person in over two decades to be awarded the Victoria Cross after he heroically saved the lives of his comrades in two separate incidents.
They heroically defended the freedom of their homeland.
The bystanders heroically rescued her from under a school bus.
The 34-year-old mother of two heroically confronted the gunman and averted an even greater massacre.
Some landlords attempted to reassert forced labor dues, which the peasants heroically resisted.
2On a grand or grandiose scale.
a heroically scaled industrial complex
heroically proportioned women and muscle-bound men
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This heroically scaled space has been transformed into a reading room and library.
The heroically scaled foyer is an attempt to recreate the glamour and escapism of old cinemas.
He is best known these days for his heroically scaled figurative paintings.
Elections used to be heroically corrupt.
As a dancer, he was heroically proportioned.
I drove east on the heroically built old French ski runs.
It was heroically daft and had the crowd laughing happily in the sunshine.
Comprising three three-hour plays, it is heroically ambitious and wildly uneven.
If they were heroically cursed, this loss of a superstar to a nearby rival would have caused the Rangers to win a World Series.
The set designer has stripped the stage bare and draped it with heroically scaled posters.
Definition of heroically in US English:
heroically
adverbhəˈroʊəklihəˈrōəklē
1In an admirably brave or determined manner.
they struggled heroically against tremendous odds
his brothers all died heroically on the battlefield
Example sentencesExamples
The bystanders heroically rescued her from under a school bus.
Without adequate doctors, medical facilities, and transportation, the clergymen heroically struggle to save lives and ease the pain of the victims.
We see firefighters heroically battling a blaze.
They heroically defended the freedom of their homeland.
The 34-year-old mother of two heroically confronted the gunman and averted an even greater massacre.
Some landlords attempted to reassert forced labor dues, which the peasants heroically resisted.
He became the first person in over two decades to be awarded the Victoria Cross after he heroically saved the lives of his comrades in two separate incidents.
A 28-year-old employee heroically attempted to keep thugs from robbing her store.
The Assembly heroically defied the government once again and rejected the two bills.
The elite group of airmen heroically fought in World War II.
2On a grand or grandiose scale.
a heroically scaled industrial complex
heroically proportioned women and muscle-bound men
Example sentencesExamples
Comprising three three-hour plays, it is heroically ambitious and wildly uneven.
As a dancer, he was heroically proportioned.
If they were heroically cursed, this loss of a superstar to a nearby rival would have caused the Rangers to win a World Series.
Elections used to be heroically corrupt.
It was heroically daft and had the crowd laughing happily in the sunshine.
I drove east on the heroically built old French ski runs.
This heroically scaled space has been transformed into a reading room and library.
The heroically scaled foyer is an attempt to recreate the glamour and escapism of old cinemas.
The set designer has stripped the stage bare and draped it with heroically scaled posters.
He is best known these days for his heroically scaled figurative paintings.