holy crusade
Example Sentences
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Yet the preservation of the language has, for the founders of the event and others in the Jewish community in Melbourne, become an almost holy crusade.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023
Even after Frederick set sail in 1228, Gregory condemned his venture as an unjust war, not a holy crusade.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. eulogized Jackson as “a martyred hero in the holy crusade for human dignity.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2015
Jackson, a 26-year-old civil rights protester who was shot and killed by an Alabama state trooper, was a “hero of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity,” King told the crowd.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2014
They are the martyred heroines of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
