martyrize

Example Sentences

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South African authorities had no desire to martyrize anybody with his name.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Senator Watson was too good a tactician to martyrize Senator Johnson and friends with this ex-treme parliamentary measure.

From Time Magazine Archive

She felt too sore and too sick for the aid that comes veiled with inscrutable symbolism, and seems to martyrize when it seeks to save.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)

Ah! how easy it is to martyrize one's self by some fatal decision made grandly in the exultation of a supreme moment!

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

The fear of being no more loved by Josephine—the thought of having her inconstant—of seeing her … But I martyrize myself with anguish!

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)