martyrdom
Example Sentences
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A Shiite cleric, he lives frugally and was brought up in a religious tradition that reveres martyrdom.
From Barron's
"They rose to martyrdom. Now I walk in their footsteps."
From BBC
This legacy of armed struggle, ideological martyrdom, and anti-imperialist narrative shaped her and her brother.
In this triptych, Marat’s martyrdom is a muted centerpiece between grand hope and grander disaster.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson saw it, Brown’s death on the scaffold turned him into a “new Saint awaiting his martyrdom, and who, if he shall suffer, will make the gallows glorious like the cross.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
