The temptation was to interpret the event in tragic or heroic terms.

She is an angry woman, and sees herself - on better days, anyway - in almost heroic terms.

Wolfe writes about the personnel of the aircraft in heroic terms.

David's wife, Esther, is recalled by family members in heroic terms.

He seems to view his story in heroic terms, a bit like a movie, with music swelling at appropriate moments.

He added, "If they showed they could override, then the Governor would think twice about talking in such heroic terms."

When the other writers on the staff talked about the Alamo in human, not heroic, terms, I began to understand.

Other people also described Mr. Anderson in heroic terms.

But it does have a renewed opportunity to define itself in its own heroic terms.

Palermo does not speak in brave or heroic terms.