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

Her Elizabeth is neither martyr nor saint, just a woman who wants to live as she’s always lived for as long as she can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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 episode helped forge the persona she would cultivate for decades: part street fighter, part martyr - a perpetual insurgent even in power.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

"Indeed. What is martyr in Latin? Or in Greek, for that matter?"

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Individual members prosecuted were seen by themselves and the faithful as martyrs for the cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

Slate spoke with a number of surviving family members of some of the martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement, all of whom were devastated by the court’s Callais ruling.

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

He told her that he and his wife had adopted a black child and their neighbors looked at them as though they had chosen to become martyrs for a dubious cause.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Their uncles married them off very young. Do you know why? Because their father and mother were martyred, and their uncles wanted to get rid of the responsibility and expenses," the woman said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The martyred Monica has literally been transfigured into a saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

Zahra Mumtaz, a 52-year-old housewife from nearby Rawalpindi, said: "Our leader has been martyred, and we are not even allowed to protest."

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

"King Pellinore,” said Sir Palomides definitely, "unless some steps are taken pretty dam’ quick, yours affectionately will be instantaneously martyred, R.I.P.”

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

Their happiness is paramount, though I am also not interested in martyring myself on the altar of motherhood.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 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