What is "heroics"

Usage examples of "heroics".

Masoj rubbed his hands together, thinking himself marvelous for having concocted such a devious and ironic end to the heroics of Drizzt Do'Urden "I have a job for you.

Catti-brie was astounded with the stock of possessions Regis had collected since his reputed heroics against Kessell and the goblins - mostly gifts from grateful citizens.

Had his name and heroics brought him a measure of respect even this far from Ten-Towns?

If the dark elves succeeded in their conquest, then all such heroics would be lost to the ages, all the songs would be buried beneath a black veil of oppression.

This was where Regis was fully in his element, even though he had to admit he was usually only a minor player in the heroics of his more powerful friends.

But now, bolstered by the confidence that had come through his efforts on the road over the last few months, where he had worked hard to play an important role in his friends' heroics, and still stung by the nearly constant dismissal others showed to him when speaking of the Companions of the Hall, Regis decided it was not yet time to turn back.

No death and glory heroics, no roaring guns and spitting OerKkons, no exaltation of the spirit, no glorious defiance of the enemy: just worn-out sleepless men, numbed with cold and sodden duffels, grey and drawn and stumbling on their feet with weakness and hunger and lack of rest, carrying with them the memories, the tensions, the cumulative physical exhaustion of a hundred such endless nights.

You would have thought that at least he would have indulged in a little fire-fighting heroics to call attention to himself.

Later on, when he was performing his heroics in the engine room, it was because conditions there were better, conditions outside worse-- and because by -going into the engine room he was entitled to a closed-circuit breathing set.

He spent a lot of air time ticking off his old man for heroics, and then said he'd probably have done the same thing himself.

Stubborn and autocratic he might be, but here was a kind of courage as definite as any gun-blazing heroics, this grim private battle with his own weakness, this forcing himself to remain a lay-figure for long enough to gather effective strength, when every nerve must have been screaming the necessity of action.

When you stood in the shadow of great heroics, however, as Martie did, then merely living a decent life—lifting others by your example and by your acts of kindness—might make you feel inadequate.

When you stood in the shadow of great heroics, however, as Manic did, then merely living a decent life—lifting others by your example and by your acts of kindness—might make you feel inadequate.

There were only degrees of heroics through which the family would be willing to go through in order to hang on to life.

George wanted full heroics, but Lois refused to have an opinion on the issue.