Sentence examples for a distant hero from inspiring English sources

Even here, however, the Tour remains a piece of sports exotica and Armstrong a distant hero to most fans.

A big-hearted character also lurks within the incredible hulk; he is looking forward to visiting his grandmother in Tonga this summer and mixing with the local kids to whom he is a distant hero.

Braveheart: A Distant Hero for a Post-Modernist Audience?

Simply reading about the fictional feats of some distant hero whose life is even an iota more interesting from ours, fills our heart with contention.

But at the time they were both distant heroes.

In the 21st century, the heroic First Amendment tradition may seem like a noble vision from a distant era, in which heroes and villains were easier to identify.

In this hefty, 2,000-page 2,000-pagee play sits alongside the author's works in all the dramatic genres, including the racy London city comedies whose wily scheming protagonists bear more than a distant family resemblance to volumee, the hero of the The Revenger's Tragedy.

Lafayette had materialized from a distant age, the last leader and hero at the nation's defining moment.

A distant relative was an aide to Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard, a Confederate hero early in the war.

The retired sportsman, who lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, became a hero at the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988 despite finishing a distant last.

NBC was a distant runner-up, garnering a season high for "Chuck" (7.6 million) and 7.8 million viewers for "Heroes".