Heroism used in a sentence

Heroism in a sentence as a noun

This is what passes for heroism these days? Are you kidding me?

Either way, it certainly a story of heroism. Keep us updated.

Buckling up is indeed for wussies, but then you do in fact have the acts of extreme heroism like in Chernobyl. It's an interesting cultural trait.

This is heroism. Capitol Hill does not have the intelligence quotient to understand this.

“Yes,” Gandhi agreed,” that would have been heroism. It would have aroused the world and the people of Germany to the evils of Hitler’s violence, especially in 1938, before the war.

When project leadership appeals too much on heroism, unchecked ego, patriotism or loyalty, all kinds of red flags are going up.

Managers and some programmers see it as great heroism, pats on the back for everyone, but, others see it as reaping the fruits of previous bad decisions and it is a rather sad sight for some. It all depends on the perspective.

We see it as an act of heroism that a person sacrifices his life in order to save others. An act of heroism that everyone should do at such an instance and particularly suitable for Danny."

But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!"

Zimbardo, in his work on heroism, later referenced exactly how he himself came to recognize the mistake: his fiancee came in, took one look, and was terrified by what she observed. I don't know how your author managed to read The Lucifer Effect and miss that.

Sorry for the harshness of this, but it genuinely outrages me that people see heroism in this guy. His behavior is outside even the most liberal interpretations of the concept of non-violent protest or civil disobedience.

But it has been clear for a while that Snowden is not in it strictly for the heroism... the tone/slant and other circumstantial info to my mind seems to align him more with espionage than true whistleblowing.

Imagining events as fragments of gigantic intractable problems that may soon crush us all infuses our opposition to them with a sense of heroism so American that we feel naked without it.

To broadly estimate the heroism of every other serving member in any singular statement is foolhardy, at best. There are lots of good people doing good, heroic, insanely patriotic, admirable, and honorable things in that Military-Industrial-Surveillance Complex you describe.

I'm sure there were some brilliant military operations, some grand heroism, and some astounding successes; there were also some major screw ups. Maybe long term, history will record that the US dumping Saddam in Gulf War II and putting in place a democracy, fragile, a long way from perfect, was a grand turning point in the Mideast, US and world security, taming of radical Islam, and progress for world peace.

Without taking a stance on this statement, I think it's important to realize how alarming it is that simply trying not to betray the trust of your users has become such a difficult, dangerous, and unusual task as to be called heroism. The intelligence community has put us in such a bad spot that anyone who actually tries not to do something unethical, which should really be the default, is now exceptional and lauded.

I'm sure some psychopaths get through, but for anything important the military tries to screen against them, and for good reason--the foundation of an effective military is teamwork, and military culture strongly honors heroism of the self-sacrificial sort, certainly not the stuff psychopaths are made of.

Quote Examples using Heroism

But portrayal in fiction requires heroism, action, and suspense. You don't get that with real warfare. Being shot at by an enemy you can't even see and then calling in an air strike at the location where you expect the enemy to be is not the "romantic vision" people have about war. They want close combat with sweaty men fighting each other in heroic ways. What would be a more realistic portrayal? A bunch of automated drones fighting each other. Space even removes a lot of tactical elements. So the one who has the right number of good enough drones wins. That's boring. No heroism, no action, no drama, no suspense.

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From fictional characters in his The Pale King: True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and carewith no one there to see or cheer. This is the world. The truth is that the heroism of your childhood entertainments was not true valor. It was theatre. The grand gesture, the moment of choice, the mortal danger, the external foe, the climactic battle whose outcome resolves all--all designed to appear heroic, to excite and gratify and audience. Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality--there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth--actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one.

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