unheroic

• “Industrialisms are all of silent nature; and some of them are heroic and eminently human; others, again, we may call unheroic, not eminently human: _beaverish_ rather, but still honest; some are even _vulpine_, altogether inhuman and dishonest.”

  Latter-Day Pamphlets

• “And I'm not saying people cannot enjoy such 'unheroic' stories if they want- heck, whole genres of fiction, from Crime Stories to Horror are just like that.”

  What Makes a Superhero Comic a Superhero Comic? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

• “He scoffs at the "unheroic" conservative belief that domestic problems should be solved either by private means or by narrowly gauged government efforts at the local level -- that is, at the level closest to the people.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Man on a Mission

• “Soldiers and their families become afraid of admitting they need help, because admitting that would seem "unheroic".”

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• “But soon it dawns on him that he has disregarded his "unheroic," but real, worlds.”

  A Guy's Moleskine Notebook

• “But it's not fun finding out how unsaintly and unheroic some of us have been.”

  Bloggers on the Bus, bloggers in the index

• “Reality TV makes heroic decidedly unheroic values, characters and behavior.”

  The Huffington Post: Dr. Jim Taylor: Reality TV Is Not Reality

• “But he also revealed himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind.”

  The Guardian: Leveson inquiry: Hugh Grant delivers damning testimony

• “Eataly, to service groceries that also sell cigarettes and lottery tickets, to restaurants where, if you dine in nearly any Italian restaurant with a Zagat food rating of at least 21, your bread basket will contain some pretty decent Ecce Panis-style bread -- it's disappointing that a woeful number of hero sandwiches in this city are served on unheroic bread.”

  The Huffington Post: Avery Corman: New York Hero Sandwiches: Not Always Heroic

• “This prompted the crowd in my screening room to burst into applause, while I wondered if I was the only one who found something decidedly unheroic about that.”

  The Huffington Post: Zaki Hasan: Zaki's Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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