Idiom: unsung hero
Meaning
Idiom: unsung hero
- Someone who has done something heroic or achieved greatness but has not been recognized or celebrated for the achievement
Example sentences
— Two men were unsung heroes rescuing several puppies from the fire after the police determined it was too dangerous to enter the burning house.
— My colleague was really the unsung hero for the development of our most successful product this year.
— I actually asked the police captain to let me be an unsung hero because I'm a very shy person and hate attention.
— There were many unsung heroes hiding Jews from the Nazi's during the Holocaust.
— I saw a really interesting documentary last night about five unsung heroes of the American Civil Rights Movement.
— Helen Taussig is an unsung hero whose surgical innovations in pediatric cardiology have saved the lives of millions of babies.
— The public is desperately trying to identify the unsung hero who saved countless lives at Richmond High School by tripping the shooter and kicking his weapon across the hallway.
— Do you know Alice Paul? I didn't think so. She was an unsung hero who wrote the first draft of the Equal Rights Amendment and worked faithfully for women's voting rights.
Synonyms
- out of the public eye
- away from the limelight
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