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How to use martin in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Martin means many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying. Example: “Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.”

More sentences with martin

  • Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.From the entry post
  • Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.From the entry racism
  • Martin tolled the great bell every day.From the entry toll
  • Martin laid one down to get Buckley over to second.From the entry lay one down
  • Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars…. From the entry then
  • Martin says criminals install skimmers inside ATMs or card-readers on gas pumps, where they record information.2017 March 4, Associated Press, “Police: Teenagers found with credit card skimmers”, in Pensacola News Journal, page 4A, column 6. From the entry card-reader
  • Martin is into the idea of another series set in the Thrones-iverse.2016 September 30, Laura Bradley, “Is HBO Mulling a Game of Thrones Spin-Off or Not?”, in Vanity Fair. From the entry Thronesiverse
  • Martin says Rhymes with Reason is still in the testing phase.2015 December 23, Joe Palca, “Hip-Hop Vocab: The Lexicon Is In The Lyrics”, in NPR. From the entry go by
  • Martin said, “Gwen, do you understand that there’s no right answer to that?2015, Scott Meyer, An Unwelcome Quest, page 265. From the entry Kobayashi Maru
  • Martin Dunn, were actively enggaged in the hunt for torpedoes all morning.2014, Myron J. Smith, Jr., The Fight for the Yazoo, August 1862-July 1864: Swamps, Forts and Fleets on Vicksburg's Northern Flank…. From the entry timberclad
  • Martin Jol barely paused for thought before answering a perennially vexed question.2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, The Guardian. From the entry perennially
  • Female and young purple martins are gray and black with some blue on the back.2013, Bill Thompson, Southern Birds: Backyard Guide. From the entry purple martin
  • “Martin dressed in head-to-toe Burberry and made fun of everyone else who tried to outdress him.2009 March 8, Maura Egan, “Con Artist”, in New York Times. From the entry outdress
  • 'Martin wouldn't shout if a shark bit him,' Harry explains to the tourist, filling up his glass.2007, Andrea Mayes, Shearwater, Camberwell, Vic.: Penguin Books Australia, →ISBN. From the entry wouldn't shout if a shark bit him
  • Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia distinguishes life from being in his theory of African vitology.2007, Satya Nilayam: Chennai Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, page 12. From the entry vitology
  • Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it.2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry Alex
  • Martin walked around the vehicle, viewing it from all angles and giggling as he did so.2001, Filton Hebbard, Memories of Kalgoorlie: Tales from the Australian Outback, page 334. From the entry ripper
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was hit in the head with a brick.2001, David Anderson, Brent Zuercher, Letters Across the Divide. From the entry celebrityship
  • Martin Parish have crawfish boils, or eat crawfish in any form, out of season.1992, C. Paige Gutierrez, Cajun Foodways, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry boil
  • Martin, Bagel and I walked single file on wood planks through Avon's rough board tunnel.1980, Elaine Suss, A Money Marriage: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry slobber
  • Martin had a good chin-chin at the fence about sickness and husbands.1947, Coast to Coast, page 136. From the entry chin-chin
  • Martin bought the pack of Camels on Monday night in the most crowded cigar store on Broadway.1942, James Thurber, The Catbird Seat. From the entry camel
  • Martin Baturina and Petar Musa replied for Croatia.2026 June 17, “England surge to thrilling opening win in World Cup cracker with Croatia”, in The Guardian. From the entry see-saw
  • Martin, who wore a stab-proof vest as he sold drugs from behind a plexiglas window inside the shop.2023 May 4, Manisha Krishnan, “Man Arrested After Opening Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth Store in Canada”, in Vice. From the entry stabproof
  • Martin Luther King Jr. called the “thingification of the Negro.”2021 September 23, Charles M. Blow, quoting Martin Luther King Jr., “Gwen Ifill Was Right About ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’”, in The…. From the entry thingification
  • Martin, it seems, wants to hope for something better.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club…. From the entry bleak
  • Martin said it was a blessing to have this opportunity to share Nisga'a culture with a larger audience.2017 February 3, “Nisga'a ring in Lunar New Year with 2 days of celebration”, in CBC News. From the entry Nisga'a
  • Louis and, like a martin to its gourd, I headed back to the cotton fields of southeastern Missouri.2008, Paul Self, No Lower Place, page 219. From the entry like a martin to his gourd
  • Martin said he hoped some of her students would participate in a relaxed minibattle as part of the evening.2007 December 2, Claudia La Rocco, “B-Boys of the Bronx, Dancing in the Street”, in New York Times. From the entry minibattle
  • Martin must have been a Coug of some sort.2005 May 10, “'The big ugly secret' of WSU's stadium”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington, archived from the original on…. From the entry Coug
  • Martin Luther King, but these discussions sparked my interest.2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “University of Life”, in Living History, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 22–23. From the entry parks
  • Martin Maloney 's painting, Sony Levi, with its assured cack-handedness and considered vacuity can stand as an emblem of the movement.1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, →ISBN, page 217. From the entry cack-handedness
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. worked and inspire others to join together in working for racial, plitical and economic justice.1987, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, FBI Domestic Security…. From the entry blackbag
  • Martin, a New Jersey engineer and gardener, concurs that coffee grounds for general garden and lawn use are too acid.1975, Joan Lee Faust, Lisa Oldenburg, The New York times book of indoor & outdoor gardening questions, →ISBN. From the entry ericaceous
  • The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.1968, Charles Portis, True Grit. From the entry like a martin to his gourd
  • Martin presented the list to the 30-member House Republican Policy Committee, laid the facts on the line in cold political terms.1957 June 10, “The Budget: Remember Guam!”, in Time. From the entry lay on the line
  • Martin had decided to rub out Mrs.1942, James Thurber, The Catbird Seat. From the entry rub out
  • Martin said that the National Park Service invested in “a state-of-the-art ozone nanobubbler filtration system” that is intended to keep algae out.2026 June 10, Kit Maher, “‘Residual algae’ coats part of newly opened Reflecting Pool”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026. From the entry state-of-the-art
  • Martin said he was partially inspired to open the store by his stepbrother Gord Rennie, who died of a drug overdose last year.2023 May 4, Manisha Krishnan, “Man Arrested After Opening Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth Store in Canada”, in Vice. From the entry benzo
  • Martin Seligman's impressive body of research showed that a pessimistic explanatory style carves a path to depression, while an optimistic explanatory style leads to resilience.2021, Lisa Miller, The Awakened Brain, Ch.2, at p.36. From the entry resilience

Meaning of martin

  1. noun Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

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Questions about martin in a sentence

How do you use martin in a sentence?
Martin is used as a noun. For example: “Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.”
What is a short sentence with martin?
“Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.”
What does martin mean?
Martin means many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

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