How to Use martial in a Sentence

martial

adjective
  • Sam let his head drop, like a martial artist, then snapped it back.
    — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
  • Madison loves to sing, dance and do martial arts and would like to act in a school play.
    — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Bruce Lee sharpened his martial arts skills just a short walk away.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 5 May 2022
  • Edgar is one of the best mixed martial artists of all time in two divisions.
    — cleveland, 8 July 2020
  • Who's the better martial artist?
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Easy in some ways but still very difficult in some ways to pick up martial arts.
    — Essence, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The eyes are wider, the martial arts moves more on display, his shouts quirkier.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022
  • Then the martial artist’s young daughter shows up — skilled and feral.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • Mixed martial artists are known for showing the scars from war after a fight—win or lose.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Not flown back and forth to China for every martial-arts film.
    — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Michael is a martial arts specialist who likes to go to the beach, ride jet skis, and hang with friends.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 14 July 2022
  • So what's next for the Crazy Rich Asians star and martial arts icon?
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • An hour and a half of weight training in the gym and about three hours plus doing martial arts and core work.
    — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But the threats of sedition charges and courts martial in response are also crazy.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
  • In the comics, Shang-Chi’s father trains him in martial arts.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • What makes the show really worth watching, though, is the martial arts.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 19 June 2022
  • The influence of Asian culture and martial arts has been huge in your work.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • That part of Terry's life had the most influence on him in terms of martial arts.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The night before, Justin, the martial artist, had thrown off his pack during the final ruck.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 39.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The album's title track makes mention of the couple's martial home.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And as martial artists have known for millennia, sometimes the best way to deal with a fall is to turn it into a flip.
    — New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Lee did return at the age of 18 and grew into the iconic martial artist and film star known across the world.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 June 2025
  • And all at once, the martial arts training that the slight, shy boy had been receiving for the past three years kicked in with a vengeance.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Here, these martial artists kept ancestral homes and honed their crafts, training to become some of the best in the world.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The side kick is a movement used in many martial arts, including Tai Chi.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 28 Jan. 2023
  • O’Hara, who turned 47 this month, has a martial bearing, with a broad jaw and a barrel chest.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Madera-Rodriguez is the last of the four servicemembers to face a court-martial.
    — Ben Finley, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • The others asked for outside counsel and the courts-martial were moved to San Diego.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • With all that context, the martial vibe of her VMA outfit makes a lot of sense.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024

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