How to Use martyr in a Sentence

martyr

1 of 2 noun

• Among those the group works with are the children of the 2015 martyrs.
  — Marlo Safi, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
• Then again, there’s no need to present him as a saint or a martyr.
  — SI.com, 9 May 2018
• George Floyd was not a martyr who died on a cross for our sins.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2021
• The death of Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian faith, had a similar theme.
  — Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
• The many posters peppering the West Bank call her a martyr.
  — Dalia Hatuqa, CNN, 16 May 2022
• Help, but be careful not to fall into the role of martyr.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• Her crisis of faith came with this edict: Among the martyrs who got the boot was St. Viviana.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2018
• The Martos are now the youngest-ever saints who didn’t die as martyrs.
  — Barry Hatton, The Seattle Times, 13 May 2017
• In death, Babbitt has become a martyr to many on the far right.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021
• Babbitt has become a martyr among many on the far right.
  — al, 27 Aug. 2021
• But for what purpose did so many in the race martyr themselves?
  — Andrea Pitzer, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
• Each ends as a trope: one a man who triumphs against all odds, the other a martyr.
  — Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2022
• Fanestil begins and ends his book with the story of one such martyr, Nathan Hale.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2021
• Fakher, a father of three, is said to have been the first martyr of the revolution.
  — Nai Zakharia, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2020
• The first people honored as saints were martyrs who died for their faith.
  — Jackie Snow, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2016
• Abrams emerged from losing her first statewide race in 2018 as a martyr who claimed that she was cheated out of the job.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022
• Let someone try that, acting the martyr for the sake of love, an’ not be a tinkling cymbal?
  — Bohumil Hrabal, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
• He has already been hailed as a martyr of the French Republic.
  — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
• But in his death, the Patriot movement got a new martyr.
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 July 2019
• African-Americans indeed had not lived up to our end of the deal signed with the blood of civil rights martyrs.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Kaepernick had a right to protest and become a media martyr.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
• And maybe his glorious purpose is to be a martyr for his cause?
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 July 2021
• Some women's cheeks bore drawings of a red poppy, the symbol of a martyr in Iran.
  — Jade Le Deley, ajc, 2 Oct. 2022
• Some women’s cheeks bore drawings of a red poppy, the symbol of a martyr in Iran.
  — Time, 2 Oct. 2022
• The color signifies Christ's blood as well as that of Catholic martyrs.
  — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 9 May 2018
• On the road, Sierra demands to know whether The Professor is trying to be a hero or a martyr.
  — Tara Ariano, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2021
• After the war, they were honored as martyrs with schools, streets and town squares bearing their names.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
• The joy is not complete because martyrs of Nasiriyah and Najaf were just buried; their blood is still red.
  — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
• Don’t be a complete martyr. · Make an appointment with your doctor for a full checkup.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
• Hamas has praised civilians as martyrs, whose deaths rally sympathy for the Palestinian cause.
  — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024

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martyr

2 of 2 verb

• Azmy asked church members to pray for those martyred and also to pray for their assailants.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 28 May 2017
• Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life.
  — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• Its origins can be traced to a Greek Orthodox saint whose three daughters were martyred.
  — Asher Fogle, Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2016
• The Catholic Church recognized at least three different saints with the same Roman name, all of whom were later martyred.
  — cleveland, 10 Feb. 2020
• There's a temptation to see Comey as a Becket figure, a man at risk of being martyred by the overreaching state.
  — David Perry, CNN, 9 June 2017
• He was martyred by Emperor Nero in Rome for holding publicly to his Christian faith.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 15 June 2018
• The end of Jesus Christ Superstar (spoiler alert?) shows the horror of the crucifixion, with Jesus betrayed and martyred on the cross.
  — Caroline Framke, Vox, 2 Apr. 2018
• In pious tradition, Peter preceded him to Rome and both were martyred there.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
• The ugly episode poisoned the Vikings when pictures were leaked revealing the boy’s injuries and Peterson martyred himself as the victim of a politicized front office and league.
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2017
• Jack Marburger martyred himself for science and for his country.
  — Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine, 21 Apr. 2017
• Commemorations culminated in Ashura, on the tenth of the month, when Hussein was martyred.
  — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
• Start the story with Emiliano Zapata, the peasant leader from a village in the central state of Morelos, who was tricked into a military ambush and martyred in 1919.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
• Its revelations are from the mid-1960s, at the height of the civil-rights movement, the years before King was martyred and canonized, his name bestowed upon a national holiday and a thousand avenues and high schools.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 17 June 2019
• So the Bitcoin faithful have tried to not only convert people, but also convince them to martyr themselves, financially-speaking, for the crypto cause.
  — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2017
• Griffin, who made her career by mocking celebrities, is not the most likely comedian to be martyred over the inalienable right to criticize the president.
  — Yashar Ali, The Cut, 27 Aug. 2017
• Match participants reckon with this peculiar fraction of agency—too little to guarantee a happy ending, too much to feel martyred by a sad one.
  — Nitin K. Ahuja, Slate Magazine, 17 Mar. 2017
• The letter goes on: There has long been a traditional narrative of blaming, vilifying and martyring courageous women.
  — Anna Silman, The Cut, 13 July 2018
• Though his origin story is murky, he is said to have been an Armenian martyred in fourth-century Turkey while serving as a Roman centurion.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2017
• And the Islamic State militant group belatedly exalted him as a martyred disciple.
  — Rick Gladstone, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• For Islamist militants around the world, being martyred in an operation during Ramadan is considered especially heroic.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2018
• Azmy asked church members to pray for those martyred and also to pray for their assailants.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 28 May 2017
• Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life.
  — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• Its origins can be traced to a Greek Orthodox saint whose three daughters were martyred.
  — Asher Fogle, Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2016
• The Catholic Church recognized at least three different saints with the same Roman name, all of whom were later martyred.
  — cleveland, 10 Feb. 2020
• There's a temptation to see Comey as a Becket figure, a man at risk of being martyred by the overreaching state.
  — David Perry, CNN, 9 June 2017
• He was martyred by Emperor Nero in Rome for holding publicly to his Christian faith.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 15 June 2018
• The end of Jesus Christ Superstar (spoiler alert?) shows the horror of the crucifixion, with Jesus betrayed and martyred on the cross.
  — Caroline Framke, Vox, 2 Apr. 2018
• In pious tradition, Peter preceded him to Rome and both were martyred there.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
• The ugly episode poisoned the Vikings when pictures were leaked revealing the boy’s injuries and Peterson martyred himself as the victim of a politicized front office and league.
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2017
• Jack Marburger martyred himself for science and for his country.
  — Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine, 21 Apr. 2017

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