How to Use martyr in a Sentence
martyr
noun
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Then again, there’s no need to present him as a saint or a martyr.
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SI.com,
9 May 2018
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George Floyd was not a martyr who died on a cross for our sins.
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BostonGlobe.com,
23 May 2021
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Babbitt has become a martyr among many on the far right.
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al,
27 Aug. 2021
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But for what purpose did so many in the race martyr themselves?
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Andrea Pitzer,
Washington Post,
29 Nov. 2022
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Help, but be careful not to fall into the role of martyr.
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BostonGlobe.com,
8 Apr. 2020
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The first people honored as saints were martyrs who died for their faith.
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Jackie Snow,
National Geographic,
2 Sep. 2016
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Kaepernick had a right to protest and become a media martyr.
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David Whitley,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
16 May 2017
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And maybe his glorious purpose is to be a martyr for his cause?
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Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
23 July 2021
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The many posters peppering the West Bank call her a martyr.
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Dalia Hatuqa,
CNN,
16 May 2022
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Each ends as a trope: one a man who triumphs against all odds, the other a martyr.
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Jordan Kisner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2022
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In death, Babbitt has become a martyr to many on the far right.
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Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2021
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Fakher, a father of three, is said to have been the first martyr of the revolution.
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Nai Zakharia,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2020
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The Martos are now the youngest-ever saints who didn’t die as martyrs.
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Barry Hatton,
The Seattle Times,
13 May 2017
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That should be enough to turn him into a living martyr for the people who loved his policies.
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Jennifer Wright,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Dec. 2018
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Castillo is also a martyr to our culture of death and a patron saint for these times.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
12 Aug. 2019
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Chou is hardly holding up his feisty hero as a martyr or savior.
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Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 May 2022
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The death of Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian faith, had a similar theme.
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Loren A. Yadon,
idahostatesman,
12 July 2018
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Each victim in this prayer is a martyr added to a dizzying tally of suffering.
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Stephen Vincent Benét,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2022
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But in his death, the Patriot movement got a new martyr.
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Leah Sottile,
Longreads,
15 July 2019
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These are not the efforts of a misguided martyr, either.
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Ben Golliver,
The Denver Post,
5 June 2019
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In some schools, teachers see themselves as martyrs in a hopeless cause.
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David Brooks | Opinion,
Anchorage Daily News,
19 Mar. 2018
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After the war, they were honored as martyrs with schools, streets and town squares bearing their names.
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Phil Davison,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2023
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Let someone try that, acting the martyr for the sake of love, an’ not be a tinkling cymbal?
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Bohumil Hrabal,
Harper's magazine,
25 Nov. 2019
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That Cohen is one hell of a loyal lawyer, a real martyr.
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Ana Veciana-Suarez,
miamiherald,
16 Feb. 2018
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He was then clubbed to death, and has gone down in history as the definitive martyr.
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Washington Post Staff,
Washington Post,
30 May 2018
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Alex Minassian shall be the newest martyr of our cause!
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Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN,
25 Apr. 2018
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He has already been hailed as a martyr of the French Republic.
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Adam Nossiter,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2020
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African-Americans indeed had not lived up to our end of the deal signed with the blood of civil rights martyrs.
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Dahleen Glanton,
chicagotribune.com,
27 Apr. 2018
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There was a line that said, Karyn will always be remembered as a martyr.
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Jonece Starr Dunigan,
AL.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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Drakeo always rapped from the vantage of an artist — not some martyr who saw death lurking around the corner.
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Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2021
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