His military record gave him a heroic status among the local population.

Ken's confession that he killed his tyrannical father is enough to give him immediate heroic status.

Saladin, in particular, was elevated to heroic status.

Fox's heroic status has been attributed to his image as an ordinary person attempting a remarkable and inspirational feat.

By new historical standards, Thalmann does not deserve the heroic status that he was once accorded.

Taking these aspects of Washington's character into account would not mean demoting him from heroic status.

His new-found heroic status would have guaranteed him leadership of the people.

Due to his heroic status, legends and myths about events in his life are difficult to discern from facts.

He has always refused this heroic status, attributed by the people of Portugal.

But achieving a status even more heroic than either politician were the people who defied the coup in the streets of Moscow.