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• As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.From the entry legend
• Saint Stephen was the first martyr.From the entry saint
• Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.From the entry confessor
• If an Erewhonian plays his role as a martyr with a smile, it is through metaphysical agility.2017, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Macrobiotics (1715-2017). From the entry Erewhonian
• Stephen, the first martyr of the Church, was a victim of calumny.2015, Pope Francis, “Martyrs of the Church”, in Encountering Truth: Meeting God in the Everyday, New York, N.Y.: Image, Crown Publishing…. From the entry calumny
• Because you sold him out just to have a martyr, you expletive deleted.2013, J. David Markham, Mike Resnick, History Revisited: The Great Battles, Eminent Historians Take on the Great Works of Alternative…. From the entry expletive deleted
• Martyrs are desperate to demonstrate their self-flagellatory capabilities in the hope that someone out there actually cares.2011, Andrew Holmes, Pains in the Office: 50 People You Absolutely, Definitely Must Avoid at Work!. From the entry until the pips squeak
• The 'metric martyrs' had refused to use the new and continental measurements.2006, Monica Claes, The National Courts' Mandate in the European Constitution, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 238. From the entry metric martyr
• He was 21 years old when he became a martyr for the Lord.2006, Caroline Cox, Catherine Butcher, quoting Liu Haitao's Pastor, “A new martyr for a new millennium”, in Cox's Book of Modern Saints…. From the entry Xiayi
• It is not merely that the recanters significantly outnumbered the martyrs.2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII, page 85. From the entry recanter
• Did they have their numeral martyrs as we have our metric martyrs?2002, New Statesman. From the entry metric martyr
• She had a permanently martyred air and no life outside the newsroom.1998, Elaine Viets, Rubout. From the entry corporate nun
• But the writings which cause her to become a martyr are in fact a sort of antiheroinism.1993, Daly, Pierrette, Heroic tropes : gender and intertext, page 69. From the entry antiheroinism
• Leningrad would quickly cover up his defalcations and make him into a martyr.1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 19. From the entry Leningrad
• She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception.2007 January 16, Joan Dupont, “For a Director on the Rise, Sarajevo’s War Years Linger”, in New York Times. From the entry shaheed
• Don't get the gloomies and be a martyr, please.1964, H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, chapter 15, in A Moment in Time, London: Pollinger in Print, published 2006, →ISBN, page 168. From the entry gloomies
• The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban.1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 26. From the entry Verulamium
• A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool.1905, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “Christmas and the Æsthetes”, in Heretics, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane; The Bodley Head, →OCLC…. From the entry positivist
• As if to confirm his obituary for the martyrs of the movement, a massive thumping on taut calfskin drumheads now mingled with the trumpetry.2017, Günter Grass, The Tin Drum, page 107. From the entry trumpetry
• Even more distinguished were the martyrs, enjoying her company without paying for it and maintaining the hope, however remote, of some day becoming her favori.2010, Robert Greene, The 48 Laws Of Power, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry favori
• But in this contest of martyrs, it was Ignatius's passionate account of a monarchical episcopal ministry which set the pattern for the future.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, pages 133–4. From the entry monarchical
• On the fifteenth of that month, the Shigu District People’s Government of Hengyang decided to grant the title of revolutionary martyr to Ding.2002 August 9, Deng Fei, Wu Sanmeng, Chen Ying, “Missing the Martyr Mark”, in Beijing Today [今日北京], number 65, →ISSN, →OCLC, 声音 [shēngyīn…. From the entry Shigu
• Corazon "Cory" Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.1991, Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry cory
• Painted in garish colours, they alternately depict scenes from Palestinian life, weddings, Iftar feasts and suchlike, and Surrealist amalgams of martyrs and monsters, including a golemlike figure inscribed ‘Pinochet’.2015 August 26, Joshua Mack, “Sharjah Biennial 12”, in ArtReview, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024. From the entry golemlike
• But regardless of what happens to them subsequently, there still remain some self-styled martyrs in the prison who refuse working on certain low-prestiged and non-remunerative jobs.1973, The Journal of Correctional Work, page 81. From the entry prestiged
• “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church,” and the first Protestant missionary to enter Korea, gave his life on the banks of the Taidong River.1920, Anabel Major Nisbet, “The Preparation (1892-1899)”, in Day In and Day Out in Korea: Being some account of the mission work that has…. From the entry Taidong
• Sisinnios was also a Christian name from the end of the first century onwards, frequent for martyrs of the 4th cent., especially under Diocletian, to whose period was attributed St.1998, Bulletin of the Asia Institute - Volume 10, page 255. From the entry afflictress
• The blood of all the martyrs shall not go awaste and the toil of today's heroes shall break down all the prison walls and all the barriers shall be overcome.1981, Permanent Organization for Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity, AAPSO Against Apartheid, volume 2, page 82. From the entry awaste

Meaning of martyr

1. noun One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.
2. noun One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
3. noun One who suffers greatly or constantly, even involuntarily.

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How do you use martyr in a sentence?

Martyr is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The apostle Stephen was the first Christian martyr.”

What is a short sentence with martyr?

“Saint Stephen was the first martyr.”

What does martyr mean?

Martyr means one who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.