Sentence examples for heroic stand from inspiring English sources

Standing in his way is a heroic stand by Boseman as the titular hero.

It seems to me that yourselves and the Guardian have taken a heroic stand.

Morsi clearly thought his speech last night (most probably his last) would be perceived as a heroic stand for democracy.

"We hail your heroic stand in not surrendering a single centimeter of Palestinian land, and in not giving up Jerusalem.

Cockell was the first British boxer to fight for the world heavyweight title since Tommy Farr's heroic stand against Joe Louis in 1937.

Other candidates sneaked from one little corner meeting to another trying to remind people of their heroic stand against the Taliban.

In other words, while she's still a fictional character and a moderately cartoonish one at that, she's also a heroic stand-in for every teenager who picks up a gun and starts shooting.

In three cases, we are recommending candidates who took heroic stands to approve same-sex marriage and were then savaged by ultraconservatives.

The location and size of a nation that even today has fewer than 5 million people powered a national narrative of heroic stands against invaders.

This alone should be shocking, quite apart from his fear-mongering about mosques and refugees, subjects on which he seems to be getting a relative pass, in part because his opponents have not exactly taken heroic stands on the issue.

Although Mr. Cuba was one of six lifeguards honored by the city for rescuing 33 children, his heroics stood out from the rest, city officials said at the time.