saint and martyr
Example Sentences
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All photograph: David Levene To some, he is verging on a saint and martyr, singlehandedly standing against the forces of Chinese political repression.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2013
The moonlight shone with exceeding lustre through the tall casements, and lit into a ghastly semblance of life the marble images of saint and martyr, that threw their long shadows over the consecrated floor.
From Calderon the Courtier, a Tale by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
"Being in ignorance perhaps of his deserts, deeming him a saint and martyr, they resolved to avenge him upon you, and dragged you hither for that purpose."
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
It was better that Enid should think of her father as a saint and martyr, than as a profligate whose hand no honest man or woman would care to hold.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
Don Fernand is to this day esteemed as a saint and martyr in Portugal, and his memory is commemorated on the fifth of June.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
