martyr

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

"My father gave his life for the country and he should be remembered as a martyr," Dorjai said, adding that his teammates who perished deserve the same title.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Becket thus became a martyr for the idea that you don’t render unto Caesar the things that are God’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Lim believes the judge will hand down a life sentence, though, so as to "avoid making Yoon a martyr".

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

They can turn me into some kind of martyr for the cause and paint my face on banners, and it will do more to rally people than anything I could do if I was living.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

Gao left China for New York, where he has permanent residency, shortly after Xi oversaw an amendment to China's criminal code in 2021, which strengthened laws against insulting the country's "heroes and martyrs".

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

On the walls there are photos of civil rights leaders, and below the photos there are names of civil rights martyrs from Mississippi..

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

"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

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

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

He waited by the passenger door with a martyred expression that was easy to understand.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

If there is a way to avoid martyring the guy by giving him the “great honor” of being jailed for a few hours, that would be useful.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2024

“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

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

That, for me, was a very uncomfortable time,” he said, explaining that he had wanted to spare Van Gundy the scrutiny in season, and wound up martyring him instead.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2015

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