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

The Hamilton side needed to claim that their fallen chief was a martyr who had arrived at Weehawken fully intending to expose himself to Burr’s fire without shooting back.

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

Last year, he welcomed Toutou to the presidential palace as part of a ceremony honouring families of the "martyrs".

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 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

“We call them our martyrs and our heroes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

The article suggested Christians should embrace nonviolent resistance and the tradition of martyrs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

There he found a book with the most wonderful pictures of Calvinistic martyrs, dying horrible but prayerful deaths.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

"I am proud of him. He was martyred on the front lines. This is an honour for me," said the grieving father, who last saw his son six weeks ago.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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

The old tight-buttoned fool never realized he was only making Cade out to be a bigger, more martyred hero in the hearts of his classmates.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

“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

“There has long been a traditional narrative of blaming, vilifying and martyring courageous women,” the letter states.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2018

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

David Cronenberg’s “The Dead Zone” makes a curse out of a gift, martyring a man who can see the future at the price of his life.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 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