How to Use martyr in a Sentence
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Then again, there’s no need to present him as a saint or a martyr.
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SI.com,
9 May 2018
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The martyr dies, and his rule has just begun.
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Amanda Castro
mandy Taheri
peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The martyr dies and his rule begins.
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Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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George Floyd was not a martyr who died on a cross for our sins.
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BostonGlobe.com,
23 May 2021
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But for what purpose did so many in the race martyr themselves?
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Andrea Pitzer,
Washington Post,
29 Nov. 2022
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This is because of the blood of thousands of martyrs on their hands.
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Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The first people honored as saints were martyrs who died for their faith.
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Jackie Snow,
National Geographic,
2 Sep. 2016
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His supporters have hailed him as a martyr.
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Ella Lee,
The Hill,
16 Sep. 2025
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And maybe his glorious purpose is to be a martyr for his cause?
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Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
23 July 2021
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In death, Babbitt has become a martyr to many on the far right.
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Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2021
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The Martos are now the youngest-ever saints who didn’t die as martyrs.
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Barry Hatton,
The Seattle Times,
13 May 2017
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In some schools, teachers see themselves as martyrs in a hopeless cause.
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David Brooks | Opinion,
Anchorage Daily News,
19 Mar. 2018
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Among those the group works with are the children of the 2015 martyrs.
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Marlo Safi,
WSJ,
10 Jan. 2019
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After the war, they were honored as martyrs with schools, streets and town squares bearing their names.
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Phil Davison,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2023
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Castillo is also a martyr to our culture of death and a patron saint for these times.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
12 Aug. 2019
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That should be enough to turn him into a living martyr for the people who loved his policies.
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Jennifer Wright,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Dec. 2018
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There was a line that said, Karyn will always be remembered as a martyr.
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Jonece Starr Dunigan,
AL.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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Fakher, a father of three, is said to have been the first martyr of the revolution.
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Nai Zakharia,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2020
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Some of Kirk's former far-right critics are now calling him a martyr.
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Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Let someone try that, acting the martyr for the sake of love, an’ not be a tinkling cymbal?
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Bohumil Hrabal,
Harper's magazine,
25 Nov. 2019
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Fanestil begins and ends his book with the story of one such martyr, Nathan Hale.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2021
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Drakeo always rapped from the vantage of an artist — not some martyr who saw death lurking around the corner.
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Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2021
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Agatha, the legendary martyr, tortured for saying no.
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Rebecca Morgan Frank
september 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Most of them fight until the end, wanting to become shaheed (martyrs).
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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He was then clubbed to death, and has gone down in history as the definitive martyr.
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Washington Post Staff,
Washington Post,
30 May 2018
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He has already been hailed as a martyr of the French Republic.
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Adam Nossiter,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2020
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Some women’s cheeks bore drawings of a red poppy, the symbol of a martyr in Iran.
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Time,
2 Oct. 2022
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Some women's cheeks bore drawings of a red poppy, the symbol of a martyr in Iran.
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Jade Le Deley,
ajc,
2 Oct. 2022
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But Floyd didn’t think about being a martyr during the final moments of his life.
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Dallas News,
15 June 2020
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Kirk’s allies quickly tried to tell a new story—one of Kirk as sacred martyr.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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One of our colleagues has been martyred.
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CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Herzog wasn’t martyred for his art, and he should be relieved by that.
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Indiewire Staff,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2024
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Porter need not be martyred like Good and Pretti.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Azmy asked church members to pray for those martyred and also to pray for their assailants.
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Frank Vaisvilas,
Daily Southtown,
28 May 2017
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She was martyred and mortified and endured and rose again in the eyes of the people.
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Was Laurent going to need to be martyred in order to spark rebirth in the world?
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Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
29 Sep. 2024
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Its origins can be traced to a Greek Orthodox saint whose three daughters were martyred.
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Asher Fogle,
Good Housekeeping,
6 Jan. 2016
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Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life.
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Amy Dickinson,
cleveland,
18 Aug. 2022
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So did the entire first generation of Christians, many of whom were martyred.
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Case Thorp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Charlie Kirk invited me to speak at Amfest a few weeks ago before he was martyred.
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Mandy Taheri
jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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And martyred, really, martyred for his beliefs.
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Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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His grandfather was martyred in the 1971 war, the former spy reveals.
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Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Charlie Kirk was martyred for his belief in free expression, his faith, and his unabashed love for our country.
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Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jack Marburger martyred himself for science and for his country.
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Brian Palmer,
Slate Magazine,
21 Apr. 2017
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It’s located near the site where Joan of Arc was martyred in the 15th century.
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Ella Feldman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 July 2024
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In pious tradition, Peter preceded him to Rome and both were martyred there.
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Nicholas Frankovich,
National Review,
21 Sep. 2017
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There's a temptation to see Comey as a Becket figure, a man at risk of being martyred by the overreaching state.
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David Perry,
CNN,
9 June 2017
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He was martyred by Emperor Nero in Rome for holding publicly to his Christian faith.
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Tara Isabella Burton,
Vox,
15 June 2018
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The Catholic Church recognized at least three different saints with the same Roman name, all of whom were later martyred.
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cleveland,
10 Feb. 2020
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Match participants reckon with this peculiar fraction of agency—too little to guarantee a happy ending, too much to feel martyred by a sad one.
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Nitin K. Ahuja,
Slate Magazine,
17 Mar. 2017
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In Shi’a tradition, to die mazloum is to be martyred without justice or witness, your story left in fragments for others to try and piece together.
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Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The big baby did indeed martyr himself by sleeping on what looks like a very uncomfortable couch last night despite their home probably having a dozen other bedrooms available.
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Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
13 June 2024
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So last year, Charlie was violently murdered by an assassin and martyred, really martyred for his beliefs.
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Time Staff,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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Griffin, who made her career by mocking celebrities, is not the most likely comedian to be martyred over the inalienable right to criticize the president.
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Yashar Ali,
The Cut,
27 Aug. 2017
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Commemorations culminated in Ashura, on the tenth of the month, when Hussein was martyred.
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The Economist,
28 Jan. 2020
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The skeletal remains of two saints martyred in Rome more than 1,800 years ago are on display at the front of the church, encased in illuminated glass tombs.
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Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
24 Dec. 2024
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He apparently was martyred in Azerbaijan, which is an interesting tidbit.
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Alice Burton,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2024
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So the Bitcoin faithful have tried to not only convert people, but also convince them to martyr themselves, financially-speaking, for the crypto cause.
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Greg Larose,
NOLA.com,
28 Dec. 2017
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King was martyred for his role in that struggle for freedom and equality that has bettered the lives of all Americans, not solely African-Americans.
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Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Talking about potential attacks, martyring themselves for ISIS.
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David J. Lopez,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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