saint and martyr
Example Sentences
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All photograph: David Levene To some, he is verging on a saint and martyr, singlehandedly standing against the forces of Chinese political repression.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2013
But when Paul, whom the common people look upon as a living saint and martyr, returned hand in hand with your man Friday, they were in a panic and felt sure the end had come.
From The King's Jackal by Davis, Richard Harding
Dear saint and martyr, she is safe from all misreading at last.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
It made Bartley smile to hear his wife talking of Halleck with his mother and sisters, and falling quite into the family way of regarding him as if he were somehow a saint and martyr.
From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean
He endured both tedium and bodily suffering with the fortitude of a saint and martyr; but next morning revealed him victim of a violent chill demanding medical aid.
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas
