martyr

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

This is a self-aware martyr, assertive and vulnerable, manipulated by shadowy patriarchal forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

He’s an unhappy but willing martyr whose heart is slowly breaking the entire time.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

But her near mythical life—a young woman floating from the heavens to save fellow Jews—made her an enduring martyr for the young Zionists who founded Israel and for their descendants who would protect it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Here I’d been acting like a martyr all these weeks.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan