martyr

Example Sentences

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“Every martyr disappears into the cult of personality,” Sharlet said.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

This is a self-aware martyr, assertive and vulnerable, manipulated by shadowy patriarchal forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

But to some, it has also made him a martyr.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Archaeologists believe the site began as the burial place of Christian martyr St. Neophytos, said to have been killed by Roman soldiers on the shore of the lake in A.D.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She had died as a martyr centuries before.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman