martyr

As the nation abandoned Reconstruction, a generation of politicians and historians recast Johnson as a martyr to congressional tyranny.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

In a normal rom-com, this is where Jack would exit stage left as the martyr who nudged Wendy toward her true soulmate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Singh added that he was "prepared to be a martyr for the cause of Hindus" but believed that he would never get convicted.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Actor and Tibetan activist Richard Gere headlined an hourslong Times Square rally on Saturday honoring Lobga where many wore T-shirts depicting him as a martyr surrounded by flames.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Shall I rush into town and demand one?” asked Jo, with the magnanimity of a martyr.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"The verdict reflects the magnitude of the sacrifices we made, the sacrifices of the martyrs, the suffering and pain of the victims, the missing, and the detainees," she told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Pilgrim Fatemeh Moradi, 52, has been to the Arbaeen at least five times before, but said that this year is for "our martyred leader, on his behalf and on the behalf of all the martyrs".

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

They are just a few of the most famous martyrs of the movement that gave birth to the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Two women dressed in green and pink fur cradle each other’s heads, reimagining medieval depictions of cephalophores — Christian martyrs who carry their severed heads while continuing to preach or pray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Most of the defendants became local heroes and public martyrs.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"Oh, my martyred child," he wailed, "oh my darling."

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

"The wife of the martyred supreme leader is alive, and the initial reports of her martyrdom were incorrect," it said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Mohammad Mokhber, a former Iranian vice president, called the new supreme leader “the complete mirror of our martyred leader, Imam Khamenei.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Making a profile documentary about the martyred Tejano music icon, whose life and career have already been the subject of a popular film and a scripted TV series, must be a daunting task.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

She could only use patience and self-restraint poor tools when matched against the heartfelt mania of love to which the ancient race was martyred.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“I think he wanted something on his résumé, some way of martyring himself, so he could say ‘They’re out to get me.’”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

Now they have jumped on the grievance train, martyring themselves for the cause:

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021

January was before the makeshift hospitals, before the martyring of a whistle-blower doctor, before nearly 800 million people were placed under lockdown, before the virus started spreading in earnest beyond Chinese borders.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2020

Jamie is the master of his fate, Jamie puts himself in harms way, Jamie is martyring himself, no one asked him to do all the things he does for others.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2017

She sits down next to me, crunching and martyring her way through the bowl of dry cereal, eyeing my plate the whole time.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson